Iran nixes candidacy of Ayatollah Khomeini's grandson

daisrael · Feb 7, 2008

More people banned from running for office in iran including the grandson of the grand poobah who led the revolution!

Where is that vaunted democratic process that I have heard about in iran concerning their elections?

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The grandson of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini described his ban from next month's parliamentary elections Thursday as an insult to his family and said he would never beg to run.

Ali Eshraghi -- who bears a marked resemblance to the late founder of Iran's Islamic republic -- is one of thousands of prospective candidates excluded on the grounds they were not sufficiently loyal to the principles of Khomeini's 1979 Islamic revolution.

The 39-year-old civil engineer is among an estimated 2,000 prospective candidates, particularly reformists, who have been excluded from March's parliamentary elections.

Despite those problems, the government feels confident about excluding candidates because of plentiful oil revenue, said Saeed Laylaz, an independent political analyst in Tehran.

"It is a sign that the government, supported by lavish oil revenue, does not need anybody, except an obedient parliament," Laylaz said. "They not only barred Khomeini's close allies but also his grandson."
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Be sure to swear feality to your leaders if you want to run for any office.
What a joke of 'elections' there.

Mani · Feb 8, 2008

Nothing new, a typical case of revolutions devouring their own.

Operation Opera · Feb 8, 2008

what do you want to say daisrael?