Ayatollah Ali Khamenei recommends Guardian Council probe into election irregularities

Iran’s supreme leader ordered an investigation Monday into claims of fraud in the country’s presidential election, marking a turnaround by Iran’s most powerful figure, while tens of thousands of opposition supporters defied a protest ban and streamed through the streets of the capital. More from the Wall Street Journal:

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the powerful Guardian Council to examine the allegations by opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims widespread vote rigging and fraud in Friday’s re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, state television reported.

“Issues must be pursued through a legal channel,” state TV quoted Mr. Khamenei as saying. The supreme leader said he has “insisted that the Guardian Council carefully probe this letter.” The day after the election, Mr. Khamenei urged the nation to unite behind Mr. Ahmadinejad and called the result a “divine assessment.”


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June 15, 2009 · Filed Under Iran

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