The outcome of Iran’s parliamentary elections, which took place last friday, has never been in doubt. The victors will doubtless be drawn from among the constellation of officially-approved fundamentalists. However this is not to say that the contest will be altogether without meaning. Elections in Iran have always been a higher-stakes game that the ritual and rigged plebiscites favoured by many Arab autocracies.
上周五伊朗举行了议会选举，对于选举结果，人们从未有过任何疑问。选举的胜利者无疑将来自得到伊朗官方认同的原教旨主义者阵营。然而，这并不意味着此次选举完全没有意义。与许多阿拉伯独裁国家更喜欢的那种仪式化的、受操纵的投票相比，伊朗选举向来是风险更高的游戏。
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