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Iran Appoints Hard-Liners To Monitor Elections
August 12, 2007
August 12, 2007 -- Iran's state news agency IRNA reported today that four "ultra-hard-liners" have been appointed to a panel monitoring the country's parliamentary elections scheduled for next year.
IRNA reported the Guardians Council appointed Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati and three other conservatives.
Some fear the appointments herald a repeat of the 2004 parliamentary elections when there was a mass disqualification of reformist candidates.
(AP)