Iran reformists performing well in early election results
Friday's election for Iran's parliament and a powerful clerical body known as the Assembly of Experts was the first since last summer's nuclear agreement was finalized, lifting international economic sanctions in exchange for Iran curbing its nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad's election victory in 2005 sealed the movement's downfall.
[...] reformists have been virtually shut out of politics for nearly a decade until Rouhani was elected.