17/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - The parliamentary elections held in Iran on 14 March which consolidated the domination of the conservative allies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were “neither free nor fair”, says the EU. In a statement published on 15 March, the Slovenian Presidency of the EU, speaking on behalf of all 27 member states, said it was disappointed that more than a third of prospective candidates had been prevented from standing. “These exclusions prevented the Iranian...