Al Jazeera

Monday, June 22, 2009
11:19 Mecca time, 08:19 GMT

Iran’s Guardian Council, the country’s highest legislative body, has admitted some irregularities occurred in the disputed June 12 presidential election.

Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, a spokesman for the council, told state-funded broadcaster IRIB on Monday that up to three million votes were under scrutiny, after it was found that the number of votes exceeded the number of eligible voters in 50 cities.

However, he said “it has yet to be determined whether the amount is decisive in the election results”.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the conservative incumbent president, won the election by a wide margin, with 63 per cent of the vote, according to figures from Iran’s interior ministry.  Source Article