Monday
Jun272011
The Latest from Iran (27 June): Messages for the Hunger Strikers
1750 GMT: Ahmadinejad Watch. MP Mohammad Dehghan has tried to check the move towards possible impeachment of President, saying that members of the Board of Parliament do not believe questioning Ahmadinejad is favourable for the country.
Dehghan said he will talk with Ali Motahari, one of the leaders of the petition to interrogate the President.
1735 GMT: Elections Watch. Ahmad Salek, the speaker of the principlist Motalefeh Party, has warned that reformists and the "deviant current" want to divide principlists. He said 60 of 80 provincial candidates had fallen prey to the scheme.