The Latest from Iran (4 March): The Play-Acting of the Election
Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 15:38
A spoiled ballot in Friday's Parliamentary election, "Death to this rotten regime that forces me to vote for a stamp in my ID card!"
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The Latest from Iran (3 March): After the Vote
2005 GMT: Trouble-Making Watch. It has not taken maverick MP Ali Motahari long to stir feathers after the election. Motahari, who headed a breakaway faction called Voice of the Nation, has claimed that former Speaker of Parliament Gholam Ali Haddad Adel prevented his inclusion on the Unity Front list for Tehran.
The challenge is significant because Haddad Adel is a likely candidate for the next Speaker of Parliament.
1945 GMT: Ahmadinejad Watch. An EA correspondent adds context for our entries today considering whether Parliament, after this week's vote, will interrogate the President (see 0740 and 1340 GMT): "Ahmadinejad could be questioned by the outgoing Parliament, which still be operation for a month or two after the elections."
And will that happen? The correspondent replies, "It's really tough to say."