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Iran's Nobel Peace prize laureate Shirin Ebadi holds flowers at the end of the opening ceremony of Rome's university's 2004 academic year, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 20, 2004. Ebadi, one of Iran's most influential reform figures, has said would keep away from general elections in her country Friday because most of the well-known liberal candidates were banned. While in Rome, she predicted a hard-liner victory in Iran ``will not be rosy.'' (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)