1.   Nor did he acknowledge the efforts of moderate elements within Iran to challenge the conservative Islamic clergy that now run the country.

2.   Some conservative clergy sympathized with the Boy Scouts action.

3.   The source of such hysteria among the conservative clergy is not the defendants but the Iranian people themselves.

4.   Conservative clergy, including four of the new defectors, then urged congregations to withhold denominational assessments in protest, and Talbert filed complaints against them.

5.   Iranians protested the conservative clergy by turning to Khatami.

6.   Many Iranians had suspected that the conservative clergy backing Nateq-Nouri would do everything possible to stop a victory by Khatami.

7.   Some Iranians say the conservative clergy, will do everything possible to stop a victory by Khatami.

8.   Some Iranians say the conservative clergy will do everything possible to stop a victory by Khatami.

9.   Talbert is retiring in September and a conservative clergy group plans to meet with his successor, Beverly Shamana.

10.   That puts the group at odds with another activist community -- conservative young clergy who are pro-monarchy but want stricter conformity to Islamic codes of old.