Iran clerics call Iran’s presidential vote invalid
06.07.2009 10:12 GMT+04:00
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/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A group of clerics in Iran has called Iran’s
presidential vote invalid, contradicting official results.
The pro-reform group’s statement pits it against the top legislative
body, which last week formally endorsed the re-election of Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad.
The pro-reform clerics group said in a statement that the top
legislative body, the Guardian Council, no longer had the right "to
judge in this case."
The Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers said some
members of the Guardian Council had "lost their impartial image in the
eyes of the public."
"How can one accept the legitimacy of the election just because the
Guardian Council says so? Can one say that the government born out of
the infringements is a legitimate one," it said.
The Guardian Council is an unelected 12-member council made up of six
religious leaders, appointed by the supreme leader, and six jurists.
The statement is further proof of a split at the top of Iran’s
establishment, correspondents say.
They say that in particular, it was an act of defiance against the
country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The group said the Guardian Council had not paid "attention" to the
complaints lodged by the defeated candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and
Mehdi Karroubi, and urged other clerics to back them in calling the
election and the new government illegitimate, BBC reported.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress