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Article: Students protest 'illegal' election; Reformists to boycott balloting.(WORLD)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 9, 2004
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Byline: Borzou Daragahi, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
TEHRAN - Several hundred students demanded a nationwide referendum on the country's future at a boisterous rally yesterday in the latest sign that a crisis over coming parliamentary elections has begun to shake awake a somnolent Iranian public.
A group of 500 intellectuals also announced it would boycott the balloting, ignoring a call from Iran's all-powerful spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for an end to factional differences.
Several previous rallies since the unelected Council of Guardians disallowed the candidacies of thousands of reformers drew only tepid crowds of unenthusiastic ...