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Iran Interior Minister: Friday's elections valid
Thursday, December 21, 2006 - ©2005 IranMania.com
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Archived Picture - Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said
the three elections held on Friday were valid, IRNA reported.
LONDON, December 21 (IranMania) - Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa
Pour-Mohammadi said the three elections held on Friday were valid, IRNA
reported.
Pour-Mohammadi's remarks were made at a press conference attended by
domestic and foreign reporters which began Wednesday morning.
"The constitution has express and good provisions for conducting
elections. We acted based on the law," he said.
Final results of the Assembly of Experts and Majlis by-elections held
throughout the country were announced Tuesday.
The interior minister said the presence of election inspectors,
supervisors of the Guardian Council and Majlis as well as
representatives of candidates in polling stations guaranteed the
elections' soundness.
He added that the ballots were being carefully canvassed and votes
counted with the Guardian Council's supervisory board making great
efforts to safeguard the Assembly of Experts and Majlis by-elections
while Majlis supervisors safeguarded the local council elections.
The minister praised the people's massive participation in the
elections, saying the message conveyed was that "the people were
confident their votes were being safeguarded."
"If they did not have such confidence, they would not have participated
in the elections in great numbers."
He noted that over 26 mln people participated in the three elections.
"Precise implementation of law, a positive atmosphere in the country,
fair representation of all political groups and factions in the
elections and the strong urgence of the Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Seyed
Ali Khamenei) in particular were among the very factors that encouraged
the nation to make a massive turn-out in Friday's elections," he said.
He said that the final result of the Tehran City Council elections would
be announced today (Wednesday).
Pour-Mohammadi dismissed complaints of irregularities committed in the
elections, particularly a delay in counting the votes, saying "it is
natural among political activists who are sensitive to these kinds of
events."
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