1.   It is the first time the Dartmouth-AP poll has detected a gender gap in the Democratic primary, according to Linda Fowler, who supervises the poll.

2.   Professor Ainun Nishat and Dr A K Enamul Haque supervised the poll using standard polling techniques.

3.   Both organizations claim to have the right to supervise the polls.

4.   Both the Interior Ministry and the Central Supervision Board, comprising Parliament deputies, claim they have the right to supervise the polls.

5.   Both the Interior Ministry and the Central Supervision Board, made up of Parliament deputies, claim they have the right to supervise the polls.

6.   However the electoral commission still managed to muster a quorum, with its remaining three commissioners agreeing to supervise the poll.

7.   However, the Guardian Council, a hard-line body that supervised the polls, alleged widespread fraud in Tehran and began a recount.

8.   Mrs. Zia has refused to step down immediately but has agreed to resign one month the polls allowing a caretaker government to supervise the polls.

9.   Seshan has threatened to cancel polls next year if the government does not issue identity cards to voters or free government officials to supervise polls.

10.   The electoral supervision board and the pro-Khatami Interior Ministry had each claimed it had the sole right supervise the polls and have previously clashed over the results.