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Iran will hold a parliamentary election tomorrow, but its latest experiment in democracy is being compromised by religious authority. Reformist candidates have been banned from running, a possible ...

In the weeks leading up to the Iranian elections, we heard a lot of talk about the thriving democracy in Iran, and yesterday, even Obama got into the act. "We are excited to see what appears to be a ...

Iranian voters may or may not get a chance to elect a new legislative body, the Majlis, on Feb. 20. As arguments over the election process flare, however, it seems increasingly likely that regardless ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking at why ...