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To: Ilaine who wrote (4536)	6/8/2001 12:49:54 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 74559

>>Iranians Cheer Khatami to Polls, Landslide Seen By Jon Hemming TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranians cheered President Mohammad Khatami to the polls Friday as the smiling cleric sought a second landslide victory to help him push through reforms blocked by entrenched Islamic hard-liners. Khatami, 57, looked set to score a crushing win over nine second-ranking conservative rivals, but needed an overwhelming popular mandate to try to overcome resistance to his political and social reforms within the clerical establishment. U.S. pollsters Zogby International forecast Khatami would win 75 percent, with his nearest challenger, rightist former Labor Minister Ahmad Tavakoli, taking just 11 percent. . . . . With men and women aged 15 and over eligible to vote, more than half the 42-million strong electorate are under 30. ``The government should work for youth,'' Khatami said. Queues formed outside mosques and schools serving as polling stations across the country with many older Iranians saying they wanted to vote early to avoid searing heat later in the day. Squabbles broke out at one mosque between women dressed in Islamic black chadors, who wanted separate queues from men and women with more open headscarves and long coats. ``We are voting just because we want to have mixed queues,'' said Maryam, sporting a colorful designer headscarf. ``Of course I am voting for Khatami.''<< dailynews.yahoo.com