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February 2, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/02/international/middleeast/02TEHR.html?hp

One-Third of Iranian Parliament Quits in Protest

(New York Times) More than one-third of Iran's Parliament resigned Sunday to protest a sweeping ban on candidates running in the parliamentary election later this month. Angry lawmakers who have held a three-week sit-in at parliament handed their resignations to the speaker during the session, broadcast live across the nation on Iranian radio. Last month, the hard-line Guardian Council barred more than 2,000 candidates, including 87 current members of parliament, from competing for the 290-seat assembly in elections scheduled for Feb. 20.

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