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Women and Iran’s elections: ‘This is not the atmosphere for change’
In May this year Iranians will go to the polls twice: first to vote for their next president, and then for nearly 120,000 council members in the municipal election.
Women, like youth, form a critical component of Iran’s electorate..
They played a key role in the election of reformist president Muhammad Khatami (1997-2005) and the…