Anti-West candidates likely to recapture Iranian parliament

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While the parliament has little policy-making power, a conservative-dominated Majlis would signal that Iran is preparing for deeper confrontation with the West, with fewer pragmatist voices calling for the country to abide by a 2015 nuclear deal. Hopes that Iran might eventually hand over the black-box data recorders from Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752, which was shot down Jan. 8 by Iranian air defences, killing all 176 people on board, would also grow even more remote.

Mr. Khamenei's admonitions, which were reported first on state television, and then posted on his Twitter account, suggest the regime is worried that low turnout will undermine the legitimacy of the next Majlis. U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2018 decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal and to reimpose sanctions left the reformist camp exposed and looking naive. The country has slid into a damaging recession – shrinking 4.9 per cent in 2018 and another 8.7 per cent in 2019 – and an overnight trebling of fuel prices in November sparked a series of angry demonstrations that includes calls for “regime change.

The 80-year-old Mr. Khamenei, who as Supreme Leader has the final say on all affairs, has backed the Guardian Council’s decision, saying ”those scared of speaking out against foreign enemies” had no place in parliament. The Guardian Council’s intervention to tilt the political scene in favour of conservatives is also seen as setting the tone for next year’s presidential election, when Mr. Rouhani is barred from running for a third consecutive term. The mass banning of reformist politicians ahead of a 2004 parliamentary election foreshadowed the rise of hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidency a year later.

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