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Iran: Bloggers have criticized Khatami for voting

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Iran, Governance, Politics, Protest

Iranian media report [1] that former president Mohammad Khatami, a chief reformist figure, cast a vote in the ninth parliamentary elections. Several bloggers such as Noor Afkan says [2][fa] Khatami betrayed people by voting in this election while there are many political prisoners.