‘West seeking to create security challenge for Iran’

TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – Iranian MP Zohreh Elahian said on Monday that information has been gained that the Western countries plan to use the March parliamentary elections as a pretext to create security challenges for the Islamic Republic. She also said reformists have announced that they will not participate in the elections, but in fact they have established connections with certain Western countries and plan to field candidates, and intend to foment unrest if their candidates fail to gain the approval of the Guardian Council.