Iran has said that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would assume office by the end of August. The Guardians Council had earlier declared that there would not be another election. Abbasali Kadkhodai, a spokesman of the Guardian Council said, “In the recent presidential election we witnessed no major fraud or breech. Therefore, there is no possibility of an annulment taking place”.
The post poll protests and violence in Iran has been going on unabated.. Almost all the world leaders have expressed their concerns. And Iran’s reactions have been along the lines of an authoritarian state. Not only Ahmadinejad but also others, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme religious leader, who wields immense power in the affairs of Iran, has been saying that all the protests are created by the “enemies of the state”, meaning the Western governments especially Britain and the US. As of now 17 people have lost their lives and hundred injured according to the state authorities. This seems to be the biggest upheaval in Tehran after the Islamic Revolution thirty years ago.
In Iran, elections are to be approved by the Guardians Council which has 12 members. All the members are clerics and supporters of the Ayatollah. One wonders how anyone can call an election democratic if the results are to be approved by a religious body that is not elected by the people. However, when the Ayathollah ordered an inquiry into the allegations of rigging everyone heaved a sigh of relief. He described the election as ‘a divine assessment’. He ordered the inquiry after Mousavi wrote a letter to the Council. Mousai also met the Ayatolah to apprise him of the situation.
Mohamud Ahmadinejad, who has been re-elected, said that “The protestors are like football fans whose favourite team has lost in a final game”. Iranian authorities accused outside forces of conspiring to overthrow the Islamic state. It asked the ambassadors of the western nations to tell their governments to behave and not to interfere in the internal affairs of Iran. The Police arrested hundred of protestors.
Khamenei said on 19 June 2009, during Friday prayers,that no election fraud had taken place. He added, “Some of our enemies in different parts of world intended to depict this absolute victory, this definite victory, as a doubtful victory”. He also issued a warning, saying that the leaders who indulge in violence would responsible for “blood, violence and chaos”. He was speaking at the Tehran University. The guardians Council agreed that it had received 646 complaints. It also acknowledged that something had gone wrong in the election. However, it had not affected the outcome of the elections it added.
Iran has expelled a BBC correspondent and arrested a British- Greek journalist.
The post poll protests and violence in Iran has been going on unabated.. Almost all the world leaders have expressed their concerns. And Iran’s reactions have been along the lines of an authoritarian state. Not only Ahmadinejad but also others, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme religious leader, who wields immense power in the affairs of Iran, has been saying that all the protests are created by the “enemies of the state”, meaning the Western governments especially Britain and the US. As of now 17 people have lost their lives and hundred injured according to the state authorities. This seems to be the biggest upheaval in Tehran after the Islamic Revolution thirty years ago.
In Iran, elections are to be approved by the Guardians Council which has 12 members. All the members are clerics and supporters of the Ayatollah. One wonders how anyone can call an election democratic if the results are to be approved by a religious body that is not elected by the people. However, when the Ayathollah ordered an inquiry into the allegations of rigging everyone heaved a sigh of relief. He described the election as ‘a divine assessment’. He ordered the inquiry after Mousavi wrote a letter to the Council. Mousai also met the Ayatolah to apprise him of the situation.
Mohamud Ahmadinejad, who has been re-elected, said that “The protestors are like football fans whose favourite team has lost in a final game”. Iranian authorities accused outside forces of conspiring to overthrow the Islamic state. It asked the ambassadors of the western nations to tell their governments to behave and not to interfere in the internal affairs of Iran. The Police arrested hundred of protestors.
Khamenei said on 19 June 2009, during Friday prayers,that no election fraud had taken place. He added, “Some of our enemies in different parts of world intended to depict this absolute victory, this definite victory, as a doubtful victory”. He also issued a warning, saying that the leaders who indulge in violence would responsible for “blood, violence and chaos”. He was speaking at the Tehran University. The guardians Council agreed that it had received 646 complaints. It also acknowledged that something had gone wrong in the election. However, it had not affected the outcome of the elections it added.
Iran has expelled a BBC correspondent and arrested a British- Greek journalist.
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