Iran: Rare Race Heats Up Among Conservatives For Parliament Speaker – Analysis

By Golnaz Esfandiari*

(RFE/RL) — Three months after the first round of national elections in Iran, a behind-the-scenes battle over the parliament speaker’s post is pitting several conservatives against an ambitious former mayor of Tehran.

The new 290-seat parliament, or Majlis, is dominated by hard-liners whose...