Iran Politicians Face Review of Suitability for Parliament Bid
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Iranian authorities have set the dates for reviewing the suitability of politicians before allowing them to run for parliament on March 2, a practice that in 2008 led to the initial rejection of about a third of the candidates, including those deemed to lack Islamic values.
Their backgrounds will be assessed by authorities between Dec. 31 and Jan. 9 to ensure they are suitable to participate in the contest, with a weeklong campaign starting Feb. 23, the state-run Mehr news agency cited Mohammad-Najjar as saying today in Tehran. Politicians may register to run beginning Dec. 24, Solat Mortazavi, head of the elections headquarters, was cited yesterday as saying by state media.