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A. Khatami wins reelection easily in June 2001
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A. Khatami wins reelection easily in June 2001
77% of the vote… v. 70% in 1997 …but with 67% voter turnout v. 83% in 1997 |
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B. The Standoff Continues…
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B. The Standoff Continues…
AUG. 2001: Trying to placate hardliners, Khatami names a cabinet w/ no outspoken reformers NOV. 2001: When the Council of Guardians disqualifies majlis candidates in Golestan as too reformist, the majlis passes a bill to reduce its power to screen candidates The Council of Guardians then blocks this bill as does the Expediency Council FEB. 2002: A new round of teacher & student protests lead to the arrest of many & to the death of two teachers |
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2003 REFORM SPUTTERS
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Violence worsens in 2003 as paramilitary brigades move more forcefully against reformist student groups
The majlis puts forward 3 major reformist bills to increase its oversight over security forces to reduce the courts’ power to censure expression to call a referendum on the power of the Council of Guardians All 3 bills are blocked by Council of Guardians & the Expediency Council Khatami & others convince most reformist legislators to abandon boycott plans & to run in the February 2004 legislative elections Shirin Ebadi wins the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize in October The Guardian Council rejects half of the 8,000 legislative candidates most of those rejected are reformists; over 80 are current legislators Many reformist parties call for a boycott of the 2/20/04 elections |
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D. End of the line?
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D. End of the line?
2004: Conservatives regain a solid majority in the majlis amid 50% turnout in reformist Tehran, most adhere to the boycott (28% turnout) conservatives win all 30 seats in Tehran 2005: Ahmadinejad routs Rafsanjani in the ballotage runoff (w/ 62% of the vote) Rafsanjani struggled to convince reformists to support his newly centrist stance What now for reformers? Many reformist parties are discussing boycotting future elections |
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