Conservatives dominate after Iran parliament runoffs (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sat, 04/26/2008 - 1:17pm

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad casts his ballot for run-off parliamentary elections, at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 25, 2008.<br /><br />In the first round, conservatives won 132 seats. But the conservatives, who are loyal to principles of the 1979 Islamic revolution, are divided between supporters of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and opponents.<br /><br />His supporters took 90 of the 132 conservative seats in the first round on March 14. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Baqer Nasir)AP - Conservatives consolidated their control of Iran's legislature in runoff elections but moderates within the bloc opposed to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad emerged as a stronger force, according to final results released Saturday.



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