The Mission of Iran’s New Majlis

The make up of Iran’s new parliament following the March 14 elections, though still a work in progress, has already solidified the rule of the most belligerent, suppressive faction. The new Majlis can best be described as a den of henchmen and torturers.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamene'i described the new parliament as "committed, opposed to Western arrogance, and powerful.” A day later, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described the vote as "safeguarding the right to acquire nuclear energy with exemplary prowess."

In Tehran, which had 30 seats up for grabs, 18 of the 19 candidates who made it through the first round belonged to the Ahmadinejad faction. The nineteenth, an occasional critic of Ahmadinejad, is nevertheless a staunch supporter of Khamene'i.
One of the newly elected deputies, Ruhollah Hosseinian, lauded the former deputy Intelligence Minister, implicated in the murder of dozens of intellectuals in the 1990s, as a "great martyr." Another, a female deputy named Fatima Alia, has been identified by eyewitnesses as collaborating in the torture of many women political prisoners affiliated with the main Iranian opposition, the Mujahedin-e Khalq. Morteza Agha Tehrani, a cleric, is a ringleader of the plain-clothes agents responsible for the beating and arrest of many students. He is also known as a mentor to the henchmen in Ahmadinejad's cabinet.

The post shows Iran adding officials to there (cabinet). Amadineajad thinks having these new officials will also help in the nuclear program.

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The Iranian body that vets election candidates has reinstated another 251 people who had been banned from running in next month's parliamentary vote.

The authorities have already overturned bans on more than 800 candidates.
Correspondents say it is not clear how much impact the reinstatements will have on the chances of opposition parties in the election.

The newly-approved candidates have very little time now to campaign before the election on 14 March. A spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abbasali Kadkhodaei, said those reinstated were from different political camps, including reformist candidates who had criticised the council for failing to ensure a competitive race.

The council also oversees all legislation in Iran. Candidates are vetted to check loyalty to Iran's Islamic revolutionary system. This process will continue for several weeks and the final list of approved candidates will be announced on 5 March. Reformists were defeated in 2004 after hundreds of such disqualifications.

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This shows there is a great desire for the people of Iran to make a chang ein their country. Eventhough alot of people were denied the right to run they still have the drive and want to represent their country.

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Iran's FM questions UN resolution

Manouchehr Mottaki has urged major world powers to exercise restraint over a new UN resolution aimed at tightening sanctions against Iran.
The Iranian foreign minister said the timing of the request that the UN Security Council consider a new draft resolution was "strange".
Mr Mottaki was speaking to the BBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
He said the push for the new resolution looked like an exercise in influencing public opinion.

Mr Mottaki was no more encouraging on the prospects of improved relations with the United states.
"Definitely, if we see correction of their position, the reaction and the answer from the Iranian side also will be positive," he said. "But we do not see yet such positive and constructive approach from American side."
The Davos Economic Forum is often used by global leaders to lobby for international support.

Iran is still tring to get support of other supper powers to get to UN to not tightening sanctions against Iran. The Irannians only have Russia right now and are not expecting to gain suppport from the USA.

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