Iran Council Offers Partial Election Recount.

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Source: Reuters/NYTimes

Iran's highest legislative body said on Saturday it was ready to recount a tenth of the votes in a disputed presidential election and one reformist party said it was calling off a protest rally planned for later in the day.

Police warned they would deal firmly with any further street demonstrations over the June 12 vote.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told protest leaders on Friday that they would be responsible for any bloodshed if rallies continued against the election, which he said was fairly won by hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The Etemad-e Melli party of one losing candidate, Mehdi Karoubi, said plans for a protest rally at 4 p.m. (7:30 a.m. EDT) in downtown Tehran had been scrapped for lack of a permit.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/06/20/world/international-us-iran-election.html

[Dappleganger]

1. Well we know how that will turn out.

[ohio2007]

2. They didn't even count them the first time. nt

[shadowknows69]

3. How about those districts where there were more votes than voters?

I think they should probably start there.

[Wizard777]

5. Not if they only count 1/10 of the vote there.

[JI7]

4. hahahhahah

[Wizard777]

6. This is not a recount but a sampling. In a recount you count ALL the votes.

[msongs]

7. typical religious quack: "if I hurt you it's YOUR fault".....

"Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told protest leaders on Friday that they would be responsible for any bloodshed if rallies continued..."



Msongs