BBC (Wednesday): Iranian leader urges poll rethink

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From the BBC Online
Dated Wednesday January 14 21:50 GMT (3:50 pm PST)

Iranian leader urges poll rethink

Iran's supreme leader has called for a review of the ban on thousands of candidates standing for elections.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the move at a meeting of the hardline Guardian Council, state television said.
The council disqualified more than 2,000 reformists from standing in February's parliamentary poll.
The ayatollah's intervention will be seen as a victory for the banned reformists who held a sit-in protest at parliament, correspondents say.

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