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Iran judiciary chief: No room for fraud and unrest in upcoming presidential election

Iran Materials 15 May 2013 18:07 (UTC +04:00)
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani said that the judiciary system and the law enforcement force will not allow any fraud and unrest in the upcoming presidential election.
Iran judiciary chief: No room for fraud and unrest in upcoming presidential election

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Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani said that the judiciary system and the law enforcement force will not allow any fraud and unrest in the upcoming presidential election, IRIB News reported.

"Some western media and their followers inside the country are trying to infuse the idea of vote rigging in the society, so that if their favorable candidate does not win, they will direct minds toward a fraud," he added.

If anyone wants to fuel unrest, the judiciary system will decisively deal with the issue, he said.

After the presidential elections in May 2009, Ahmadinejad's rivals Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi clamed large irregularities in the results. Millions of Iranians also protested against the results.

Accroding to the official results Mousavi canvassed 13 million votes against Ahmadinejad's 24.5 milion votes.
Mousavi and Karroubi was under house arrest for several months after the elections.

Official registration of candidates for Iran's upcoming presidential elections started on May 7, and lasted until May 11. Nearly 700 people have submitted their registrations for the presidential race.

From May 12-16, Iran's Guardian Council looks into the each candidate, and determines whether a candidate is eligible for participating.

If a candidate, for some reason is not eligible for participating in the elections according to the Guardian Council, then from May 17-21, that candidate will have time to protest the decision.

Iran's Interior Ministry will unveil the names of the candidates which are competitive enough to participate in the elections on May 22-23.

After the candidates have been determined, the pre-election campaigns would begin on May 24, and end on June 12.

Iran will hold the 11th presidential election on June 14, 2013.

The voters will select the successor of the current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is not able to participate in the elections for the third term according to the country's constitutional laws.

The president of Iran is elected for a four-year term in a national election and the Guardian Council vets the candidates for qualifications.

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