Another interesting factoid. Alas, there's so much confusion I doubt
we'll ever learn the whole truth. Still good to see civil society
giving the mullahs a hotseat. :-)
-enp
On Jun 18, 2009, at 9:52 AM, [email protected] wrote:
.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-secret-
letter-proves-mousavi-won-poll-1707896.html
Robert Fisk: Secret letter 'proves Mousavi won poll'
Thursday, 18 June 2009
They were handing out the photocopies by the thousand under the
plane trees in the centre of the boulevard, single sheets of paper
grabbed by the opposition supporters who are now wearing black for
the 15 Iranians who have been killed in Tehran – who knows how many
more in the rest of the country? – since the election results gave
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad more than 24 million votes and a return to the
presidency. But for the tens of thousands marking their fifth day of
protests yesterday – and for their election campaign hero,
Mirhossein Mousavi, who officially picked up just 13 million votes –
those photocopies were irradiated.
For the photocopy appeared to be a genuine but confidential letter
from the Iranian minister of interior, Sadeq Mahsuli, to Iran's
Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, written on Saturday 13 June,
the day after the elections, and giving both Mr Mousavi and his
ally, Mehdi Karroubi, big majorities in the final results. In a
highly sophisticated society like Iran, forgery is as efficient as
anywhere in the West and there are reasons for both distrusting and
believing this document. But it divides the final vote between Mr
Mousavi and Mr Karroubi in such a way that it would have forced a
second run-off vote – scarcely something Mousavi's camp would have
wanted.
Headed "For the Attention of the Supreme Leader" it notes "your
concerns for the 10th presidential elections" and "and your orders
for Mr Ahmadinejad to be elected president", and continues "for your
information only, I am telling you the actual results". Mr Mousavi
has 19,075,623, Mr Karroubi 13,387,104, and Mr Ahmadinejad a mere
5,698,417.
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