Tehran, July 01: Following the conclusion of a probe into the complaints into the 10th presidential elections in Iran, the Interior Ministry has ordered all election headquarters to end their activities.
“Any activities by the election headquarters in provinces, cities and districts will no longer have a legal basis,” warned the ministry.
The Guardian Council — Iran’s electoral watchdog — told Press TV on Tuesday that the body has had its ‘final say’ on the issue and has closed the file on the election upon verifying the vote result. According to Guardian Council spokesperson Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, no other complaints will be investigated.
After incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of the 10th election with almost two-thirds of the votes, defeated candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi rejected the result as fraudulent and demanded a re-run.
The Guardian Council did not agree to a re-run but did give its response to complaints. Since commencing its investigation into the issue, the electoral watchdog conducted a random recount of 10 percent of the votes and confirmed the appointment of Ahmadinejad as president.
Mousavi, the main rival of the president, had earlier rejected the offer of a partial recount and refused to appoint a representative to the special committee appointed by the council.
Karroubi also shunned the commission over what he described as the “lack of impartiality” among the committee members, some of whom have publicly supported President Ahmadinejad. The other presidential candidate, Mohsen Rezaei, did not send a representative to the commission either.
The opposition to the measures to ensure the authenticity of the vote has prompted top officials in Tehran to demand that the candidates respect the process determined by the law on the issue of election complaints.
—–Agencies