February 16, 2004

An Iranian woman goes up the stairs next to a painting of Khosro, who was a mythical king of Iran portrayed in the poems of the book of Kings as a tragic love story, in Tehran. Iranian women appear determined to stay away from the country's parliamentary elections this Friday, amid frustration with the failure of the reform movement they played a key role in launching.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)

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