Iran blocks former president's website ahead of vote

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has blocked the website of influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ahead of parliamentary elections, for carrying pro-refom critical statements, Iran's semi-official ILNA news agency reported on Friday. The clerical establishment has increased pressure on the pro-refom opposition ahead of the March 2 vote, the first nationwide poll since a 2009 disputed ...