Iran

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Komisch die CNN Seite behauptet was anderes, als CNN nach Irib behauptet.
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There were conflicting reports about the turnout in Friday's parliamentary election. Iran's state-controlled media reported a high turnout of the 46 million eligible voters despite a call for a boycott by reformists.

But some opposition leaders said the turnout in some areas could be as low as 20 percent -- in marked contrast to the last parliamentary elections of 2000, when 67 percent of the electorate voted
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Some analysts and intellectuals have started to openly complain that Iran is becoming a religious dictatorship, little different from the monarchy deposed 25 years ago.

Und bei der Washington Post:
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Iranians came out to vote Friday for a parliamentary election, but it was unclear whether they had come out in numbers high enough to give legitimacy to a likely victory by religious hard-liners
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But the earliest indications suggested a relatively robust turnout. An official of the reformist-controlled Interior Ministry estimated that 31 percent of voters in Tehran participated, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. The figure was less than the 41 percent turnout of the 2000 parliamentary elections, but more than the 20 percent reformists had hoped for in the capital.
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"Four years ago I had to wait an hour and a half to vote," said a young woman who had just voted. "Today I didn't have to wait at all."

31 Prozent kann man wohl kaum als "mit großer Begeisterung teilgenommen" bezeichnen, auch sonst steht da nix drin was angeblich drin stehen soll...
Nicht mal übersetzen kann Irna...