ASSESSMENTS

Iran's Domestic Struggle Continues After Parliamentary Elections

Mar 6, 2012 | 13:32 GMT

A Jewish Iranian woman registers to vote at a synagogue in Tehran on March 2

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Summary

Iran held its parliamentary elections March 2. Neither of the dominant conservative camps — the populists, led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the pro-clerical elites, led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — secured a clear victory, but Ahmadinejad's political ambitions did suffer. Moreover, the structural advantages of the office of the supreme leader will likely help Khamenei as he tries to decisively strike against Ahmadinejad.

Neither the pro-clerical elite nor the populist conservatives managed to decisively win the parliamentary elections....

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