Candidates Elected to Top Iranian Body Include Men Implicated in Terror, Assassinations

Candidates Elected to Top Iranian Body Include Men Implicated in Terror, Assassinations: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday hailed Iran’s “glorious” elections for parliament and the Assembly of Experts, a powerful body that will pick his successor, declaring that the turnout showed “the brilliant face of religious democracy to the world.”

PARIA KOHANDEL: Iran's sham elections - Washington Times

PARIA KOHANDEL: Iran's sham elections - Washington Times: On March 6, 2006, I was nine years old and I was looking forward to the Iranian New Year. That morning I heard the doorbell ring. It was longer than usual. I was alone at home and as I was wondering whether I should answer it, the main glass door of the apartment complex was smashed and several strangers stormed our little house.