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Iran: Bloggers have criticized Khatami for voting

Written byFred Petrossian
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Posted 3 March 2012 11:40 GMT

Iranian media report that former president Mohammad Khatami, a chief reformist figure, cast a vote in the ninth parliamentary elections. Several bloggers such as Noor Afkan says[fa] Khatami betrayed people by voting in this election while there are many political prisoners.

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