Iran electoral body won’t annul election results

[Mari333]

Source: msnbc

BREAKING NEWS
updated 15 minutes ago

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's top electoral authority has ruled out annulling the results of the disputed June 12 election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was named the winner, the country's state TV reported Tuesday.

Ahmadinejad's main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi, has charged the election was a fraud and insists he is the true winner. His followers have been staging near-daily rallies. In recent days, the government has intensified a crackdown on the protests.

A spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, was quoted by Iran's state-run English language Press TV as saying Tuesday that the organization had found "no major fraud or breach in the election."

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31499296/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa?ocid=twitter

[Wizard777]

1. Now we wait to see if Iranians accept this or if they continue onward.

[Mari333]

2. ny times has it

'For the opposition, whose followers have demonstrated and confronted a violent crackdown, Mr. Kadkhodaei’s comments seem likely to be taken as further evidence that the process of certification has been as flawed as opponents claim the ballot itself to have been.'



http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/world/middleeast/24iran.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes

[jefferson_dem]

3. Iran's top electoral body rules out vote annulment, says no 'major fraud' found in election

Source: AP

CAIRO (AP) — Iran's top electoral body said Tuesday it found "no major fraud" and will not annul the results of the presidential election, closing the door to a do-over sought by angry opposition supporters alleging systematic vote-rigging.

Iranian government officials have repeatedly suggested that a revote is extremely unlikely. However, Tuesday's announcement by Iran's top electoral body, the Guardian Council, was the clearest yet in ruling out a new election.

The announcement on Iran's state-run English language Press TV is another sign the regime is determined to crush the post-election protests — the strongest challenge to its leadership in 30 years — rather than compromise.

Government warnings to the protesters have intensified.

Ebrahim Raisi, a top judicial official, confirmed Tuesday that a special court has been set up to deal with detained protesters. "Elements of riots must be dealt with to set an example. The judiciary will do that," he was quoted as saying by the state-run radio. The judiciary is controlled by Iran's ruling clerics.

In recent days, Iran's supreme leader has ordered demonstrators off the streets and the feared Revolutionary Guards has threatened a tough crackdown. At least 17 people have been killed in near-daily demonstrations, including at least one that drew hundreds of thousands.

In recent days, members of the Revolutionary Guard, the Basij militia and other Iranian security forces in riot gear have been deployed across Tehran, preventing any gatherings and ordering people to keep moving. A protest of some 200 people Monday was quickly broken up with tear gas and shots in the air.

Read more: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-ml-iran-election,0,3744126.story

[tekisui]

4. No re-vote. No pprotests allowed. The line in the sand has been

drawn.

Next up, the general strike.

[Mari333]

5. my iran twitter accounts are buzzing

Mousavi sending people out in droves to just walk around (with their families), not go to work, and when asked what they are doing they are to say 'shopping'...but they have been asked by Mousavi not to buy anything or go to work...

'Muhammad Irani at 7:43am June 23
To make the long story short for everybody: Everybody who likes to protest will head to the Bazar (main market) of each city from 9 am everyday! This will result in the dense of crowd in the market and consequently its closure! Even if they stop people doing so it will result in the same thing. Everybody should attend this demonstration without any... Read More single symbol which indicates we are protesting, even one can bring all the family to this event everyday. There shouldn't be any sign or movement and everybody just pretend to aim for shopping. That's all.'

[Vidar]

6. Echoing 2004 & 2008 in the US, minus the million protesters & killings.

[David__77]

7. Does anyone have a link to a rigorous presentation of EVIDENCE of fraud?

I really am curious. I am not talking about anecdotal things, but something more concrete.

[Mari333]

9. does this help?

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/98711.htm?sectionid=351020101

[tom_paine]

8. Just like America in 2000 and 2004. Bet Ahmadinejad wishes he had a country full of Americans.

You can steal national elections here and EASILY get away with it.

Just ask Rove and the Cheney administration.