With the extremist hardliners failing to secure a majority in Iranian parliamentary elections, we could see a change in the balance of forces, Kamal Nazer Yasin writes for ISN Security Watch
The hard-line faction associated with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has failed to secure a majority in the next parliament, a phenomenon which will have far-reaching consequences. The new entrants may form a working majority on an ad hoc basis against the Iranian president.
Despite some rigid constraints, the Iranian parliament is invested with enormous constitutional powers.
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