The council’s Spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, who was speaking on the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Channel 2 on Sunday, made the remarks in response to complaints filed by Mohsen Rezaei — a defeated candidate in the June 12 Presidential election.
“Statistics provided by Mohsen Rezaei in which he claims more than 100% of those eligible have cast their ballot in 170 cities are not accurate — the incident has happened in only 50 cities,” Kadkhodaei said.
The spokesman, however, said that although the vote tally affected by such an irregularity is over 3 million, “it has yet to be determined whether the amount is decisive in the election results,” reported Khabaronline.
I’ll admit I haven’t been following this story as closely as I should, what with it being overshadowed by Laureen Harper’s daring turtle rescue, both in Canada and in the international press.
But, by now, it’s abundantly obvious that the fraud was widespread enough to warrant a re-vote – one monitored by international agencies.