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Rafsanjani faces run-off for Iran presidency -aides
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| Last Edited | Penguin Jun 17, 2005 06:40pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Saturday, June 18, 2005 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Paul Hughes 6 minutes ago
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Pragmatic cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was likely to face a run-off vote against reformist Mostafa Moin after failing to secure outright victory in
Iran's presidential elections, aides to both men said.
Their predictions matched some pre-election opinion polls and would set up an unprecedented second round between the two candidates who have done the most to challenge long-held taboos in the Islamic state, such as talks with arch-foe Washington.
Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari also said none of the seven candidates won the 50 percent support needed, meaning a run-off between the top two contenders would be required.
A Rafsanjani-Moin contest, likely to be held on June 24, would be difficult to call, analysts had said before the vote.
"Moin definitely has a chance of beating Rafsanjani in the second round," said political analyst Mahmoud Alinejad.
Even many of the conservative candidates had adopted the language of reform, such as greater increased personal freedoms, and ditched open hostility to the West, to appeal to young voters eager for the Islamic state to come out of isolation.
Official results were not expected until later on Saturday. |
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