Corrected News- Pilot
Iran parliament vote will lack legitimacy - minister
31 Jan 2004
Reuters
In TEHRAN story headlined "Iran parliament vote will lack legitimacy-Khatami" please read headline as "Iran parliament vote will lack legitimacy-minister" and in paragraph one ....Iran's interior minister said.... instead of ....Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said.... (making clear legitimacy comment was from interior minister).
Please insert as paragraph two ...."There is no possibility of holding free and competitive elections and we don't consider this election legitimate," the official IRNA news agency quoted Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari as telling reporters....
A corrected story follows.
TEHRAN, (Reuters) - Iran's interior minister said on Saturday next month's parliamentary election would lack legitimacy after the hardline Guardian Council confirmed bans preventing thousands of candidates from standing.
"There is no possibility of holding free and competitive elections and we don't consider this election legitimate," the official IRNA news agency quoted Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari as telling reporters.
IRNA quoted President Mohammad Khatami as adding: "We have reached a dead-end with the Guardian Council."
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