Iranian reformers to victory

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Iranian reformers to victory

With a triumphant victory in Tehran, the allies of President Rouhani at the General election in Iran have achieved a major success. The reformers won all the 30 seats of Tehran province.

Outside the capital, the Moderates gained, according to the state television. However, the majority of relationships are not, in the future the Iranian Parliament. 90 percent of the votes are counted. According to interior ministerrium is expected for Monday with the final result.

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So far, the 290 deputies of the existing Parliament was dominated in Tehran, the Conservative, The reform-oriented forces in the Islamic Republic had boycotted the parliamentary elections of 2012, in Protest against the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009.

Support for Rohani and his course

The success at the recent election is all the more surprising, as a majority of the reformers candidates had been excluded by the guardian Council in advance. In any case, the success of the reformers and moderates in Tehran is an important Signal of support for the course of President Rouhani. This is hoped, in choosing the wage for his course at the Opening sales, the in July to conclude a nuclear agreement with the world powers, and in January to repeal the financial and trade sanctions. A majority in Parliament would facilitate urgent economic reforms.

The future majority in the Parliament, however, are still open. Of the 290 Parliament results 89 went to sit after the date this part to the Moderate and Reformer and 86 to the Conservatives. Also at least ten independent candidates were elected to the Parliament, whose political orientation is still unclear. And In more than 50 constituencies is already certain that a runoff election in April or may is required.

All the ballots are tallied, the success of the reformers, but is now safe

Elected to the 88-member Council of experts had been next to the Parliament. Also, it appears that the Moderates were more cut off than expected. In Tehran, where 16 seats were allocated, Rouhani and his allies of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in the list.

Khamenei doesn’t want a “superficial progress”

The body of the clergy have the task to choose in the case of the death of the 76-year-old spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a successor. Khamenei warned in a television-selected message, the new Parliament will stand in front of difficult challenges. The main goal of the “progress of the country”, where this should, however, not a “superficial progress without national independence nor integrity.”

President Rouhani thanked in the short message service Twitter to the voters: “With your skillful choice you have created a new atmosphere.” About 33 million to about 60 percent in the election of guardians in Iran participated in the election.

haz/stu (dpa, afp, rtr)