Triumph of the reformists in the elections in Iran. According to semi-final data reported by local media, President Hassan Rohani's party won 96 seats out of 290 in the new Parliament (Majlis), overtaking the conservative bloc with 91 seats. To the independents 25 seats. For another 52 parliamentary seats it will be necessary to go to the ballot at the end of April. In Tehran 30 out of 30 seats won by the reformists.
But the victory of the reformists extends to the whole country. More than 33 million voters turned up at the polls, or 60% of the 55 million eligible voters, to renew the Parliament (the Majlis) and the so-called Assembly of Experts. The latter, made up of 88 members in office for eight years, will be called upon to choose the successor of the Supreme Guide internally if Khamenei dies or resigns. Friday's is the first call to the polls after the nuclear deal, seen as a sort of referendum on President Hassan Rohani, a great promoter of the agreement with the main world powers. And now strengthened by the outcome of the vote. The final data will presumably be known on Tuesday evening.
"The time for confrontation is over, now is the time for cooperation", commented the former president of the Republic and Parliament Rafsanjani. Khomeini's former fellow fighter, considered by some a "pragmatic" and by others a political "shark", emerges as one of the winners of these elections and as a strong candidate, should the opportunity arise, for take Khamenei's place.
Unprecedented scenarios therefore open up and the line of the Obama administration is confirmed. The Council of Guardians will have to decide on everything.
