(Thanks to Ali Alfoneh for his compilation)

Politics

  • Final results of parliamentary elections in Tehran constituencies, here, here, and here.
  • Asr-e Iran publishes the poll results of elected parliamentary candidates – with the exception of Tehran.
  • Grand Principalist Alliance wins landslide victory in Tehran constituencies.
  • Several thousands protest against rigged elections in Yasuj.
  • Gholam-Hossein Karbaschi, former Tehran mayor, Rafsanjani protégé, and secretary general of the Technocratic Party, says the Principalist Alliance has always been a strong movement in Iran and that one should not be surprised at their victory. He also warns against “defeatist tactic of boycotts.”
  • Ali Larijani, former secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic and faction leader in parliament, talks of his relationship with Ahmadinejad: “One day Mr. Ahmadinejad told me that he had been with the Supreme Leader talking about the position of the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (Mr. Ahmadinejad had apparently decided to replace Mr. [Hassan] Rowhani) and while talking with him, the Supreme leader aired his views about me… [One day] Mr. Ahmadinejad told me: ‘I like you a lot, and with regard to your letter of resignation I have decided [to accept it] without the council of the Supreme Leader; I thought that I should not bother him. But I do want you to cooperate with the government. Afterwards he [Ahmadinejad] asked for my opinion with regard to my successor and mentioned 5 or 6 names, among who was Mr. Jalili whom I knew from his time as deputy minister of foreign affairs and we talked well of him.”
  • Tajzadeh of the reformist camp says “thanks to the vigilance and vote of the citizens the [just-elected] eighth parliament has become multi-voiced.”
  • But adds in a different interview: “the relationship between the majority and minority in the parliament seems to be the reverse of what we see in the society.”
  • Reformist analyst Abbas Abdi says one must expect more uniformity in the political institutions and exclusion of any deviation from the mainstream of the Islamic Republic politics.
  • Mehdi Karrubi of the National Trust Party addressing authorities in defense of his party formation in the parliament: “If we lose, you will not win.”
  • Ansar reports of verbal clashes between Ali Larijani and Mohsen Rezai, both from the Grand Principalist Alliance, as a result of their rivalry up to the parliamentary elections.
  • Tehran mayor Qalibaf answering the question of a journalist asking what he thinks of the result of the parliamentary elections: “Politics makes me vomit!”
  • During press conference of commander Radan, Tehran police chief, a journalist said: “After the mysterious resignation of commander Zarei, chief of the Law Enforcement Forces in Tehran province [due to his arrest in a “gentleman’s club”], it is being said that you are also to resign soon.” According to Asr-e Iran Radan reacted first with disbelief, and then laughter. When the journalist repeated his question Radan said: “I have not resigned and I do not intend to resign.”
  • More on Zarei’s arrest.
  • According to Asr-e Iran, 20 members of the seventh parliament were barred from running for the eighth parliament; 30 percent of the members of the seventh parliament were reelected to the eighth parliament.

Diplomacy

Religion, Culture, and Society

  • Tabnak News Agency slams VOA Persian and former Persepolis coach Qotbi who has given an interview to it.

Economy and trade

  • In yet another reveral, the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic now claims inflation in Iran has reached only 17.8 percent.

Human Rights and Labor

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