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Iranian hard-liners are poised to win big

Ahmadinejad foes prevailing at polls

By Ali Akbar Dareini and Brian Murphy

 |  Associated Press  

  March 04, 2012

Conservative rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared on course yesterday to gain firm control of Parliament after elections that could embolden Iran’s nuclear defiance and give the ruling clerics a clear path to ensure a loyalist succeeds Ahmadinejad next year.

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