Iran moderates reject Khatami plea

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian reformist lawmakers have refused President Mohammad Khatami's call to end their protest over the disqualification of hundreds of moderate candidates for parliament.

Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

"A meeting was held to discuss Khatami's proposal to end the sit-in. All the protesting MPs...unanimously decided to continue the sit-in until we get solid results," Reuters quoted MP Mohsen Armin as saying.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

He was the first of dozens of reformist lawmakers who have threatened to resign one by one until the Guardian Council reverses its ban on the candidates -- including about 80 current members of parliament.

Sources said earlier that the Guardian Council, appointed by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had reversed itself and approved the applications of about half of the sitting legislators Tuesday.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Adding to the controversy, Ayatollah Mehdi Karrubi, president of the parliament, said he has documents showing the Guardian Council signed on to a plan to get rid of reformists, threatening to release the evidence if the candidates are not reinstated.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Over the weekend, the hard-line Guardian Council banned the candidates -- all of them allied with moderate reformist Khatami -- from taking part in the February 20 election.

On Wednesday, the president urged lawmakers to end their four-day sit-in, but the MP's rejected his plea.

Meanwhile, an Iranian lawmaker has resigned in protest over the disqualifications.

But the lawmakers have insisted their protest will continue until all have been approved.

Reformers have made steady inroads in the Iranian electoral process since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, pledging to relax the hard-line ayatollahs' iron grip on Iranian society.

Although the Guardian Council is selected by Khamenei, Khatami said he believes the disqualifications contradict the ayatollah's view, "and God willing, the Guardian Council will make amends."

-- Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report

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Iran poll to go to run-off

• U.N.: Truck bomb killed Hariri
• EU 'crisis' after summit failure
• U.S. House votes to keep U.N. dues


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