The outcome won’t have much, if any, impact on official policy. Still, if the reformists are right, it could be a sign of hope:
Vote counting in the major battleground Tehran continued for a third day on Monday, prompting government critics to express fears the delay could indicate possible tampering.
The results that have been announced suggest that moderate conservative and reformist candidates had, on the whole, fared better than close allies of Ahmadinejad although no one group could claim outright victory.
“The initial results of elections throughout the country indicate that Mr Ahmadinejad’s list has experienced a decisive defeat nationwide,” the pro-reform Islamic Iran Participation Front said in a statement.
“These results were tantamount to a big ‘no’ to the government’s authoritarian and inefficient methods,” it said.
Editor: Myself: Good news coming out of the Interior Ministry’s building on the city council elections. Apparently, the reformists are doing much better than expected and it’s very likely that they have up to five candidates in the final fifteen member council.
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Wikipedia – Islamic Iran Participation Front
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