Iran Focus: Cergy, Jun. 18 One day after the controversial presidential elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran, thousands of Iranian exiles gathered in a stadium north of Paris to cheer a woman they would like to see as the liberated Irans president. Under a scorching afternoon sun with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius, Iranians sang, cheered and danced to celebrate what they described as the triumph of the boycott call and declare their support for exiled opposition leader Maryam Rajavi.
Thousands of Iranians, in Paris, vote for another President
Thousands of Iranians, in Paris, vote for another President
Iran Focus: Cergy, Jun. 18 One day after the controversial presidential elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran, thousands of Iranian exiles gathered in a stadium north of Paris to cheer a woman they would like to see as the liberated Irans president. Under a scorching afternoon sun with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius, Iranians sang, cheered and danced to celebrate what they described as the triumph of the boycott call and declare their support for exiled opposition leader Maryam Rajavi.
Iranian reformer says election was rigged
AFP: The shock presidential election showing by Tehran’s right-wing Mayor Mahmood Ahmadinejad was the result of an elaborate plot to rig the polls, defeated reformist contenders claimed Saturday. “There has been bizarre interference. Money has changed hands,” the centrist-reformist cleric and former parliament speaker Mehdi Karoubi told reporters in an unprecedented allegation.
Iran Moderate Says Hard-Liners Rigged Election
New York Times: The race for the presidency in Iran was thrown into turmoil on Saturday when one of the top vote getters accused conservative hard-liners of rigging the election and threatened to continue to press his case publicly unless the country’s supreme leader ordered an independent investigation – a bold move in a country that does not generally tolerate such forms of public dissent.
Iran: Latest election results, vote rigging suspected
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 17 In a vote that has caused much controversy at present, two different official organs in Iran are giving greatly varying preliminary results of yesterdays presidential election. The latest figures released by Irans Interior Ministry, the official organ responsible for counting the ballots has thus far placed Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as leading the polls with 21.3 percent of the votes, down from an earlier estimate of 21.9 percent.
Iran: Latest election results, vote rigging suspected
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 17 In a vote that has caused much controversy at present, two different official organs in Iran are giving greatly varying preliminary results of yesterdays presidential election. The latest figures released by Irans Interior Ministry, the official organ responsible for counting the ballots has thus far placed Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as leading the polls with 21.3 percent of the votes, down from an earlier estimate of 21.9 percent.
Charade at the polls
Boston Globe – GLOBE EDITORIAL: The presidential election staged yesterday in Iran embodies a paradox. Because the candidates were selected by an unelected Guardians Council of a dozen theocrats beholden to the unelected Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — after the council had eliminated more than a thousand other would-be candidates — the election is devoid of genuine democratic content.
Iran: Latest election results
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 17 Irans Interior Ministry
announced this afternoon the preliminary results of
yesterdays presidential elections.
So far Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is leading
polls with 21.9 percent of the votes.
He is closely followed by Mehdi Karroubi with 19.9 percent
and just trailing at third position is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
with 18.6 percent.
Iran: Latest election results
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 17 Irans Interior Ministry
announced this afternoon the preliminary results of
yesterdays presidential elections.
So far Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is leading
polls with 21.9 percent of the votes.
He is closely followed by Mehdi Karroubi with 19.9 percent
and just trailing at third position is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
with 18.6 percent.
Canada condemns in advance Iran vote result
AFP: Canadian foreign minister Pierre Pettigrew late Friday condemned ahead of time the result of Iran’s presidential election, saying that “true democratic choice has been stifled
by a process that gives too much authority to a non-elected system.” Citing some 1,000 candidates that started out in
Iran’s campaign process, Pettigrew noted that all women who had sought candidacy were “shut out.”
