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Summary: AFP - Iran on Friday voted in elections expected to tighten conservative grip on parliament after a low-key campaign and the mass disqualification of reformist candidates by a hardline vetting body.
Summary: Reuters - Iranians voted on Friday in an election
likely to keep conservatives firmly in control of parliament
after unelected state bodies disqualified many reformist foes
of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from the race.
