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Thursday, 27 April, 2000, 07:48 GMT 08:48 UK
Mixed signals ahead of Iran poll
![]() Iran has seen a powerful upsurge of anti-reformist sentiments
The second round of the parliamentary elections in Iran will be held on 5 May, Iran's state radio has reported.
Quoting an official announcement by the Interior Ministry, the radio said the second round would take place in 52 constituencies where candidates failed to achieve 25% of the total votes cast in the first round.
"The president is a defender of Islam and the revolution," Iranian radio quoted Ayatollah Khamenei as saying in a speech to leading politicians. "Certain persons are interpreting the sincere remarks of some of the country's leaders as being directed against the president. This interpretation is false, and I, relying on fundamental principles, give my strong support to the president," he said.
He said the pro-reform press was making mountains out of molehills and "turning public opinion against Islam, the revolution and the Islamic system".
The speech came three days after the suspension by the conservative press court of more than a dozen daily newspapers and other publications close to Mr Khatami. The crackdown brought Iranian students out onto the streets in peaceful protest.
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