The most significant development in the challenge to the Election of June 12th is The 4th Statement by the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qom Seminary. This is not a part of the government, but the Qom School is the heart and soul of Iranian Shi'a teaching and to have the philosophical basis of the current government call the election illegitimate is a strong blow:
Some of the clerics and lawyers who are the members of the Guardian Council had expressed their opinion months ago and distorted their impartiality in the eyes of the people. A judge who takes sides in a case has no right to judge that case. Therefore, it is startling to see that the public treasury was used in the eyes of everyone to promote a candidate extensively for the elections and government facilities were used to gain votes.Sources report that the next major attempt at organizing Oppo protests will come on July 9th.
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More on the Association of Researchers and Teachers statement by Reuel Marc Gerecht who sees this as not just strong, but shattering.
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