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  • ISLAMIC IRAN PARTICIPATION FRONT OFFICE SEALED OFF ('Reformists' Locked Out)

    02/20/2004 4:11:35 AM PST · by nuconvert · 4 replies · 162+ views
    IranPressService ^ | Feb.19, 2004
    ISLAMIC IRAN PARTICIPATION FRONT OFFICE SEALED OFF TEHRAN, 19 Feb. (IPS) The office of the Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF), Iran’s largest political formation that controlled the outgoing Parliament was sealed on orders from the Judiciary, it was learned late Thursday night. The move, on the eve of the controversial elections, was expected, as the Judiciary, which is controlled by the leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khameneh’i, had on Wednesday night shut down the party’s official organ Yas e No as well as the reformist daily Sharq. Mr. Ali Shakkoori-Raad, an outspoken reformist lawmaker barred by the leader-controlled...
  • "Khatami may quit if hard-liners block changes"

    09/24/2002 4:23:27 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 5 replies · 266+ views
    Iran Mania ^ | September 24 2002 | AFP
    TEHRAN, Sept 24 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami will have no choice but to resign if the Islamic republic's powerful conservative camp continues to stall his reforms, his brother warned Tuesday. "The president is seeking to find legal solutions to the problem," Mohammad-Reza Khatami, who heads the Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF), told reporters after a parliament session marked by a reformist bid to boost presidential powers. But if they (the conservatives) wish to hold the president back with tension and political crisis he will have no choice but to resign," he added, reiterating a frequent threat from the...