Guardian Council
Jun 23 2009, Marco Villa

[Reuters.]

Iran’s Guardian Council, the ruling body of clerics that is supreme above all else in the Islamic Republic, has reported that many voting regions in Iran recorded more voters than actual potential voters in the area.

“Statistics...

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