1 March 2012

Stories from 1 March 2012

Iran: Nationalist feelings only for election time

Iranian state-run broadcasters are persuading people to vote in coming parliamentary election by Friday, 2 March. They also playback some nationalist songs and hymns. Spidermard, an Iranian user, tweets [fa]:...

1 March 2012

Iran: ‘Wish we had a couple of candidates’

Iranian parliamentary election would be held by Friday, 2 March. Reformists and protestors have boycotted the election due to crackdown in last 3 years. Arezoo criticizes reformists and protestors and...

1 March 2012

Russia: Vladivostok's Pre-Election Puzzle

RuNet Echo

Everyone and everything has turned political on the eve of the March 4 presidential election in Russia. The city of Vladivostok has caught this pre-election fever as well. Masha Egupova reports.

1 March 2012