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Iranian reformists set to win all Tehran parliamentary seats

Iranian journalists wait for the announcement of results of parliamentary and Experts Assembly elections at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. Preliminary results early Saturday morning showed reformist candidates heading for their best showing in more than a decade in Iranian parliamentary elections, according to local media and election officials counting the ballots. A strong reformist showing would be a boost for moderate President Hassan Rouhani, who championed the newly implemented Iranian nuclear deal with world powers in the face of harsh hard-line opposition. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian journalists wait for the announcement of results of parliamentary and Experts Assembly elections at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. Preliminary results early Saturday morning showed reformist candidates heading for their best showing in more than a decade in Iranian parliamentary elections, according to local media and election officials counting the ballots. A strong reformist showing would be a boost for moderate President Hassan Rouhani, who championed the newly implemented Iranian nuclear deal with world powers in the face of harsh hard-line opposition. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Iranian journalists wait for the announcement of results of parliamentary and Experts Assembly elections at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. Preliminary results early Saturday morning showed reformist candidates heading for their best showing in more than a decade in Iranian parliamentary elections, according to local media and election officials counting the ballots. A strong reformist showing would be a boost for moderate President Hassan Rouhani, who championed the newly implemented Iranian nuclear deal with world powers in the face of harsh hard-line opposition. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

By Associated Press 1 min read

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Partial election results indicate that Iranian reformists will win all 30 parliamentary seats in Tehran, handing hard-liners an embarrassing defeat.

However, none of Iran’s three main political camps — reformists, conservatives or hard-liners — is expected to win a majority in the 290-seat assembly.

State TV said Sunday that reformists — who favor expanding social freedoms and improving relations with the West — are set to win all of Tehran’s seats. It was not immediately clear what percentage of the votes had been counted.

Final results from Friday’s elections — the first since last year’s landmark nuclear agreement — are expected Monday.

The agreement appears to have provided a major boost to moderates allied with President Hassan Rouhani, who championed the deal in the face of intense hard-line opposition.