[nuconvert]

"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."

That's what happens when you defy the Council.

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ping

[Pan_Yans Wife]

"It would be a shame for the government to hold the first ever sham election and Khatami should not do so", said Ali Tajernia, one of some 100 MPs holding a three-week sit-in protest at parliament over the candidate bans.

PRICELESS! :)

[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. -- Iran leader Mohammad Khatami falls ill amid crisis