February 8, 2004

A security guards arrest an unidentified protester as former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, unseen, speaks during Friday prayers Friday Jan. 30, 2004, . President Mohammad Khatami said Saturday Jan 31, 2004 that his administration has reached a deadlock with hard-liners over a ban on reformist politicians in elections next month, deepening Iran's worst political crisis in years.The Guardian Council reinstated 1,160 prospective candidates who had been disqualified from the Feb. 20 legislative elections. But more than 2,400 prominent reformist politicians and party leaders _ including 80 reformist sitting lawmakers remained barred. (AP Photo/STR)

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