The missing factor in all this is the political

Socialist Resistance no27 | page 14

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2001 on an electoral turnout of about 80% in both elections. On the basis of official figures, the turnout in both rounds of this Presidential election saw a decline to the region of about 60%.

Eight years of reformist Presidency have seen little beneficial changes in Iranian society. The 2000 Parliamentary elections created a Reformist majority but voice of the working class. Neither the second round saw a run off between Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (former President from 1989 to 1997) who had reinvented himself as a 'moderate' and the hard line Mayor of Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Rafsanjani is also a capitalist and a multi millionaire with substantial business interests. Being a multi millionaire was what probably workers.

At times Workers House has argued for some labour reforms and has opposed regressive workplace legislation and is therefore susceptible to some pressure from below. However Workers House also endorsed Rafsanjani in the Presidential

In the context where Washington is agitating for