BBC (Sunday): New power struggle erupts in Iran

[Jack Rabbit]

From the BBC Online
Dated Sunday January 11 18:55 GMT (10;55 am PST)

New power struggle erupts in Iran

About 60 Iranian MPs are staging a sit-in in parliament to protest over hundreds of reformist candidates being barred from next month's elections.
The MPs vowed to continue until the decisions, made by the conservative Guardian Council, were reversed.
President Mohammad Khatami said he did not think the Council's methods were democratic and said he would hold talks with its members to resolve the issue.
Up to half of the candidates registered have reportedly been disqualified . . . .
The 12-member Guardian Council, made up of six clerics and six Islamic lawyers, is empowered to ensure parliament's actions comply with Islamic principles.

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[alfredo]

1. they cannot afford civil strife at this time. The reforms

must continue. Civil war could make bush think they are easy pickings.

[Zhade]

2. CIA may be fomenting the strife. They did it before, to get Mossadeq out.

NT!