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The BBC's John Simpson
''The old gridlock in politics that has done such damage to Iran has been broken''
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Iran elections: Special report





Victory for people power The landslide win by Iran's reformists in the country's general election was an unmistakable demonstration of people power and a heavy blow to hardline clerics: Jim Muir in Tehran assesses the result.

  • Khatami: No compromise on revolution
  • Rafsanjani scrapes in
  • Victorious reformers promise freedoms
  • Eyewitness: Change in the air
  • In pictures: Iran goes to the polls
  • Iranian media reviews election results
  • Print media triumphs

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    Struggle for change



  • Hardliners face dilemma
    The election has been a humiliating experience for the rightwing clerics, but they still wield considerable power.
  • Who's who in Iran
  • Can the reformists hold together?
  • Iran's youth: Force for change
  • Iranian women seek equality

    Islam and democracy



  • Democracy Iranian style
    Iran's political system is like no other, and its revolution has had an enormous impact on the Muslim world: Roger Hardy on the Iranian model.
  • Iranian politics: A family affair
  • Iran's century of upheaval
  • West watches the vote
  • Tehran bazaar: Money and power
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