Vice-President Abdollah Nouri was kicked and had his turban knocked off.

ECONOMIST: Iran��s war on fundamentalism

The top winner in Tehran was Abdollah Nouri, a former interior minister whose blunt reforming ways led to his impeachment last June by the conservative-dominated parliament.

ECONOMIST: Iran: Reforming win | The

The right has qualms about Abdollah Nouri, picked as interior minister, and even sharper ones about Ataollah Mohajerani, who is proposed for the sensitive ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

ECONOMIST: Iran