I'm (somewhat belatedly) forwarding this message from Alexander Krivenyshev, who is not on the time zone mailing list (at least not at the address shown below). Those of you who are on the time zone mailing list should direct replies appropriately. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Krivenyshev [mailto:info@worldtimezone.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:17 AM To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Iran's parliament and the government have not yet reached a consensus on the country's official clock Media continue conflicting reports about DST in Iran: Article headline is "Iran will not observe DST" however one can read that: "....Majlis (Iran's parliament) may simply move ahead independently and seriously consider a recent parliamentary report in favor of the DST change... " and " ... a team of government representatives and members of the Majlis Research Center will hold meetings during the New Year holidays to make a final decision." http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_iran04.html http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=3243§ionid=351020102