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Parliamentary election runoff puts hardliners in charge of Iran's parliament

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An Iranian man votes at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, May 10, 2024. [AP Photo]

Iran's hard-liners won most of the remaining seats in an election runoff to give them full control over the country's parliament, authorities said Saturday, while not sharing any details on the turnout.

The result, and that of the previous vote in March, gives hard-liners 233 of the 290 seats in Iran's parliament, according to an Associated Press tally.

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