According to Mr. Ramezanzadeh, in a summon convocation he received from the Judiciary, he is accused of "disturbing and misleading the public opinion", following an article he published in "Iran" newspaper that is published by IRNA.

But observers say the Judiciary is angry against Mr. Ramezanzadeh for his constant criticism of the way the Council of the Guardians that is controlled directly by Ayatollah Ali Khameneh’i handled the recent parliamentary elections, mostly the mass disqualification of thousands of reformist candidates, including more than 100 lawmakers.

In the article, published by "Iran" days before the voting on 20 February, the government spokesman had described the CG as the "main source" of tensions and backed the reformist deputies who had staged a sit-in at the Majles to protest the decision of the Guardians to stop the reformists in running for the seventh parliament.

But the badly lamed Khatami, insisting that the polls "must be organized on time", rebuked him, like Hojjatoleslal Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari, the Interior Minister who fought against the CG for delaying the date of elections that were finally held on 20 February, after Mr. Khameneh’i also ordered the authorities to maintain the scheduled date.

According to the latest figures released by the Interior Ministry, conservative candidates have already secured the majority in the 290 seats Majles, occupying 25 out of the Capital’s 30 places.

Tehran’s first runner candidate, Mr. Qolam’ali Haddad Adel, a university professor who is married to the younger daughter of Mr. Khameneh’i is expected to be become the next Speaker. If this happens, he would make history, as he would be the first Speaker not wearing turban.

In his first interviews, Mr. Haddad Adel, who is the leader of the conservative minority at the outgoing Majles has assured that the elected deputies would not try to "put the clocks back" but addressing the people’s most urgent demands, citing creating more jobs, fighting corruption and social discrimination among other.

He also wowed that the next Majles would fight hard to make Iran an "Islamic Japan", referring to some reformists who wanted to take Communist China as a model for the Islamic Republic

However, Ayatollah Mahmood Hashemi-Shahroodi, the Iraqi-born Head of the Judiciary has called for reinforcing the notorious Islamic vigilante of "support the virtue and fight the vice" in charge of enforcing Islamic behaviours, mostly by the youngsters, making people worry that encouraged by their victory at the elections, the ruling conservatives would in fact go ahead putting the social clocks back. ENDS RAMEZANZADEH SUMMONED 29204