Iran governors threaten to block polling

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: January 29, 2004| Author: ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Copyright information

Iran governors threaten to block polling

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press

Thursday, January 29, 2004

Tehran, Iran -- Iran's provincial governors escalated the crisis over next month's legislative elections by declaring they would not allow polling unless conservative clerics reverse their disqualification of hundreds of reformist candidates.

"All provincial governors have announced unanimously that, under present circumstances, there will be no possibility of h...