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Su June 19 -

IRAN CHARADE -

*The hardline mayor of Tehran is to face a veteran former president in a run-off for Iran's presidency, after a surprise result in Friday's first round.

The second round pits conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against pragmatic cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who led Iran for eight years until 1997.*

:: BBC: Iran run-off ::

And Christopher Hitchins
reports from Iran in a longish article.

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