Top Iranian body to give verdict on Iran elections
The Iranian opposition leader has already dismissed the verdict from the nation's top political body
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Sunday, 28, Jun 2009 09:36
A top Iranian body is due to deliver its verdict on the validity of Iran's contentious presidential election two weeks ago.
Supporters of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hussein Mousavi have taken to the streets in mass protests against the result which they suspected of being rigged.
17 people have lost their lives in the demonstrations and the foreign ministers of the G8 countries have condemned the violence in the country since the re-election of incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The AFP news agency reports that the country's top body for deciding political disputes, the Expediency Council, which is appointed by the country's Guardian Council, is due to rule on the result of the election.
However, Mr Mousavi has already rejected the approach adopted by the body saying that it was inadequate and calling for a full re-election.
"Reaching a just judgement is not within the domain of the Guardians Council and above all a board which is appointed by this council.
"I insist again on cancelling the election (results) as the most suitable way out of the problem," he said.
Previously, the country's supreme leader Ayotallah Khamenei has insisted that the poll was fair and that Mr Ahmadinejad had won the elections.
In a stern message yesterday, senior cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami called for an end to protests saying: "Anyone who takes up arms to fight with the people, they are worthy of execution…Anybody who fights against the Islamic system or the leader of Islamic society, fight him until complete destruction."