Mohammad Reza Khatami addresses supporters during a reformers gathering in Tehran February 16. Mohammad Reza Khatami, who has taken a commanding lead in the race for one of Tehran's 30 seats in parliament, offered voters a compelling mixture of East and West. With 15 percent of the more than three million votes counted in the capital on Friday, Khatami - brother of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami - was leading with 266,000, more than 80,000 ahead of the nearest runner-up.

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