June 27, 2005

Aspiring Iran parents name twins after election rivals

TEHRAN, (AFP) - There's nothing like a bit of competition between siblings, so an Iranian couple has decided to name their newborn twins after the Islamic republic's bitter presidential election rivals.

The baby boys, named Akbar and Mahmood, were born in western Iran on Friday -- the day when moderate cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and hardliner Mahmood Ahmadinejad fought it out for Iran's top elected job.

According to the Jomhuri Islami and Kayhan papers, the proud Kurdish father hoped his sons would "reach high positions and compete with each other".

Rafsanjani was thrashed in the run-off.
June 27 2005

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