Tehran, July 05: The main Iranian Opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has issued a new 25-page report detailing alleged fraud and irregularities in last month’s presidential election.
The report has been prepared by the Committee for the Protection of Votes, which is run by Mr Mousavi’s campaign office.
It accuses President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of abusing state machinery during the campaign and handing out cash to secure the votes of working-class Iranians.
The report says both the Interior Ministry, responsible for organising the election, and the Guardians Council, the official electoral watchdog, were biased towards Mr Ahmadinejad.
The report has been posted on Mr Mousavi’s campaign website.
It also accused some commanders of the Revolutionary Guards Corps of openly backing Mr Ahmadinejad’s candidacy and the Basij militia of intervening in the voting process.
Meanwhile, a pro-reform clerical group, the Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers, has protested against the official results of the election.
It says in a statement that the Guardians Council has lost its impartial image in the eyes of the public.
For this reason, it says, the council no longer has the right to judge.
On Tuesday, the unelected 12-member council upheld the re-election of Mr Ahmadinejad, despite complaints of fraud from his challengers and street protests by thousands of their supporters.
The assembly accuses the Guardian Council of failing to pay attention to the complaints lodged by the defeated candidates, Mr Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.
The reformers say the voice of people seeking justice has been marred by violence.
Treason trial
Earlier, an Iranian newspaper called for Mr Mousavi to face trial for inciting the wave of protests after the election.
The hardline Kayhan daily, which is considered to have close ties to Iran’s leadership, has accused him of treason.
Its weekend edition says Mr Mousavi should be tried for acting against national security.
Hossein Shariatmadari, the editor, says Mr Mousavi had acted on the instructions of the United States in protesting against the election result.
He says an open trial in front of the people’s eyes must deal with the terrible crimes and betrayal of those behind the unrest.
Another hardline paper, Javan, says 100 members of parliament have signed a letter to the judiciary calling for leaders of the post-election riots to face trial, naming both Mr Mousavi and the other moderate candidate, Mehdi Karoubi.
At least 20 people died in the post-election violence last month.
——-Agencies