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Article: Conservative Clerics Win Big In Iranian Elections.
- Article from:
- Church & State
- Article date:
- December 1, 1998
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1998 Americans United for Separation of Church and State. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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A powerful group of conservative Muslim theologians has gained increased power in the Iranian Assembly of Experts following Oct. 20 elections.
Conservative candidates won at least 70 of the 86 seats in the Assembly, which appoints and supervises Iran's supreme leader, the senior Shiite Muslim ayatollah who has significantly more power than the ...
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