BBC (early Friday): Turnout will be key in Iran poll

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From the BBC Online
Dated Friday February 20 00:57 GMT (2:57 pm PST)

Turnout will be key in Iran poll

Iranians go to the polls on Friday in which hardliners are widely expected to retake control in parliament.
Reformists, who swept to victory in 2000, say the conservative comeback is inevitable after some 2,500 reform-minded candidates were disqualified.
The Council of Guardians - a powerful group of clerics opposed to reforms in the Islamic republic - issued the ban.
Many voters are expected to boycott the polls, with a recent government survey predicting the turnout of about 30%.
The biggest of the reform parties, the Participation Front, is not contesting the poll after many of its top members were disqualified.

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At least Bush can't resort to a Guardaian Council like the Iranian bastards can.