TEHRAN (Reuters) - Angry Iranian reformists accused hard-liners on Monday of making the Islamic Republic look despotic by barring thousands of liberal-minded candidates from a national election next month.
Reformists, who won control of parliament in a 2000 election for the first time since the 1979 Islamic revolution, are fighting for survival after the Guardian Council blocked thousands of Khatami's allies from running in next month's poll.
