[COEXERJ145]

Too bad it isn't something more serious.

[nuconvert]

"the president fell ill shortly after he attended a ceremony, along with his entire cabinet, at the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini, father of the revolution. "

That's enough to make anyone sick.

[stboz]

"Bring out yer dead!" (Clang!) "Bring out yer dead!"

[blackbart.223]

"The possibility of organising a free and competitive election does not exist".

???? No sh*t?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Wishing him an early yet painful death.

[Future Useless Eater]

>>reportedly fallen ill with back pain, forcing him to cancel his engagements

There is probably some truth to this. Someone over there
not wanting to lie. But this could also mean he was shot in
the back.

[DoctorZIn]

This is not the first time he has suddenly gotten sick in a crisis.

Glad we have Bush on our side.

[sheik yerbouty]

Clearly, it is the will of Allah...

[highlander_UW]

Iran's president Mohammad Khatami has reportedly fallen ill with back pain, forcing him to cancel his engagements.

Just after calling in sick he was heard to utter "et tu, Brute!?"

[SunkenCiv]

On Friday, the hardline Guardian Council reinstated a third of the 3,600 candidates it disqualified from the election... but it falls far short of the full reinstatement demanded by protesting reformist MPs, 80 of whom are themselves on the blacklist.

As the marching students chanted, "the mullahs must be killed."

[kabar]

In the old Soviet Union, the euphemism used to be that someone was suffering from a "cold" when they disappeared from public view. Then, a little while later, we learned that he died.

[SunkenCiv]

According to the latest list of the approved candidates, the number of reformist deputies disqualified increased to 87 instead of the original 80 barred by the Council of the Guardians, humiliating further more the reformist camp. -- Abandoned By Khatami, Reformists Have Lost The Electoral Battle