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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has now ordered a ballot probe after already endorsing Ahmadinejad.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/me...ml#cnnSTCVideo
This is probably just a move to placate the protestors. The probe will probably confirm Ahmadinejad as the Supreme Leader has already called the results "divine will" |
If it were the assembly of experts or the expediency council or another arms' length political body conducting the probe, I'd have optimism here, but the Guardian Council is half made up of clerics chosen by Khamenei, and half made up of clerics chosen by judges who were chosen by Khamenei. They're also the ones responsible for choosing election officials, so they'd be condemning themselves if they found wrong-doing.