The head of Iran's hardline Guardian Council said today the watchdog panel was willing to reverse any "mistakes" made when it banned thousands of liberal candidates from running in parliamentary elections.
The Guardian Council's move to bar nearly half of 8,200 hopefuls from standing in the February 20th vote has prompted dozens of top government officials to threaten to resign.
Reformist parties have said they may boycott the election.
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said the 12-member panel would inform candidates of any changes by January 30th. "There are misunderstandings about the Guardian Council's work," Jannati told a Friday prayers congregation in Tehran.
"Mistakes are possible. We neither insist on [standing by] mistakes nor would we violate the law," he said in the sermon on state radio.