Iran reinstates more candidates for polls
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
TEHRAN, Feb 19 (AFP): Iran Tuesday announced it reinstated 251 more candidates disqualified from parliamentary elections, bringing to over 831 the number of hopefuls reinstated after strict initial vetting caused uproar.
The Guardians Council, the hardline body which has the final say on the vetting, has already allowed some 580 candidates who were originally not allowed to stand to take part in the March 14 election.
Council spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei said that in addition, "251 of the candidates for the eighth parliament (since the Islamic revolution) have been reinstated," according to the IRNA news agency.
The Guardians Council, the hardline body which has the final say on the vetting, has already allowed some 580 candidates who were originally not allowed to stand to take part in the March 14 election.
Council spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei said that in addition, "251 of the candidates for the eighth parliament (since the Islamic revolution) have been reinstated," according to the IRNA news agency.