(5 Mar 2012) SHOTLIST
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1. Wide shot of Interior Ministry building
2. Close-up Interior Ministry emblem on building
3. Wide shot pan of Najjar approaching podium
4. Pan from reporters to Najjar
5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Iran's Interior Minister:
"The turnout in this round was 64 percent, which shows 11 percent growth compared with the last eight (parliamentary) elections."
6. Wide shot news conference
7. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Iran's Interior Minister:
"Out of the 290 seats for the Majlis, 225 people were elected as people's representatives in the first round and will enter the parliament, of course, after legal formalities and approval by the Guardian Council. In total, 130 people will head to the run-off for the 65 remaining seats."
8. Wide shot news conference
9. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Iran's Interior Minister:
"In Tehran, as you already know, five candidates gained the (required) minimum of 25 percent of votes in the first round, and 50 people will compete for the remaining 25 seats in the run-off."
10. Mid shot of Najjar
11. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Iran's Interior Minister:
"Once again I congratulate our nation on this national celebration that was an iron fist and a hard slap in the face for the arrogant powers, and will keep them confused and perplexed for a long time."
12. Wide shot Najjar waving and leaving
STORYLINE
Conservative rivals of Iran's president claimed control of parliament, with more than two-thirds of the seats decided by elections handing the ruling Islamic establishment near seamless control in the escalating the nuclear standoff with the West.
"The turnout in this round was 64 percent," said Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Iran's Interior Minister.
In the capital Tehran, only five candidates gained enough votes to enter parliament directly.
A run-off vote will be held, probably in mid-April, with 50 candidates vying for the 25 remaining seats.
The outcome also puts an emphatic stamp on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's political tumble after he dared to challenge Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over his power to direct key government affairs, such as foreign policy and intelligence.
Ahmadinejad - once considered a favoured son of Iran's theocracy - is left politically weakened moving into his final 18 months in office and could become the first president to be questioned by a hostile parliament since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Although the 290-seat parliament has little control over policy matters such as Iran's nuclear programme, the win by hard-liners looked to reinforce Iran's stiff rejection of Western pressure to stop its uranium enrichment programme.
The West believes Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. Iran denies that and says its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.
Ahmadinejad and Khamenei started out as close allies, but rifts developed as the president sought to put his stamp on key government posts traditionally under the direct control of the supreme leader.
A major break occurred in April when Ahmadinejad boycotted government meetings for more than a week in a personal protest over Khamenei's order to reinstate the intelligence minister.
Ahmadinejad is also expected to face a grilling over his feud with Khamenei.
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