Iran's Guardian Council Rules Out New Vote
By CHIP CUMMINS
WSJ
DUBAI -- Iran's top election review board ruled out an annulment of June 12 election results, a day after it admitted that voter irregularities may have affected some three million votes.
The statement by the Guardian Council, which is required to certify the elections, is the latest in a series of moves by the Islamic Republic to try to put the elections and its violent aftermath behind it. Last Friday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei essentially said debate over the results had ended, and in a sermon he ordered a halt to protests by opposition supporters.
A day after that sermon, he deployed forces en masse across Tehran to disperse -- often brutally -- further demonstrations. The government has said 10 to 13 people died in those clashes, and hundreds of protesters were arrested.
(More here.)
WSJ
DUBAI -- Iran's top election review board ruled out an annulment of June 12 election results, a day after it admitted that voter irregularities may have affected some three million votes.
The statement by the Guardian Council, which is required to certify the elections, is the latest in a series of moves by the Islamic Republic to try to put the elections and its violent aftermath behind it. Last Friday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei essentially said debate over the results had ended, and in a sermon he ordered a halt to protests by opposition supporters.
A day after that sermon, he deployed forces en masse across Tehran to disperse -- often brutally -- further demonstrations. The government has said 10 to 13 people died in those clashes, and hundreds of protesters were arrested.
(More here.)
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