Report Source:
Radio Zamaneh
Mehdi Karroubi, who spoke in a meeting with the
Central Council of University Alumni today, maintained that in the tenth
presidential election in Iran votes were “rationed.” Mr. Karroubi claimed
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was allotted 25 million of the votes and his own allotment
was 330 thousand.
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Karroubi with
Central Council of University Alumni
(source:
ADVAR NEWS) |
These numbers were confirmed by the Guardian
Council as the number of votes received by the two candidates. Ayatollah
Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran announced Ahmadinejad’s victory on the day
after the elections with 24 million votes and confirmed the veracity of the
elections.
Supreme Leader Warns Opposition
Leaders Against Questioning Presidential Vote
October 30, 2009 - Iran's supreme leader,
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has described questioning the country's
disputed June 12 presidential vote as the "biggest crime."
Khamenei's comments, reported in Iranian media, appear to be his
strongest warning yet to opposition leaders such as Mir Hossein
Musavi and Mehdi Karrubi, who have on a number of occasions said
that the vote was massively rigged in favor of President Mahmud
Ahmadinejad. |
Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad’s opponents Mehdi Karroubi, Mir Hosein Mousavi and Mohsen Rezai
challenged the outcome. While the conservative candidate Mr. Rezai withdrew his
complaints, Karroubi and Mousavi pursue their protests to the alleged fraud in
elections and deny the legitimacy of the current government.
Mehdi Karroubi told the group of social activists that the country’s current
situation is “highly sensitive” and the ascension of the tenth government is not
the result of merely “one or two nights of planning.”
He claimed: “The Islamic Republic has been off-tracked from its main path and we
intend to put it back on track.” He added “The Islamic Republic is not dependent
on one single person or else it would disappear with the departure of that
person. If every principle of the constitution had been executed, the country
would not be faced with such difficulties.”
Mr. Karroubi has been under severe attack by conservative factions of the
establishment for pursuing reports of “torture and abuse” of post election
detainees in prisons. He has announced that he will not back down from his
demands for justice.
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