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Iran’s top legislative body on Tuesday ruled out annulling a disputed presidential poll that has prompted the biggest street protests since the 1979 Islamic revolution but said it was prepared for a partial recount.
In what appeared to be a first concession by authorities to the protest movement, the 12-man Guardian Council said it was ready to re-tally votes in the poll in which hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the runaway winner.
But the powerful Council rejected reformist calls to annul Friday’s election that set off swift-moving political turmoil, riveting attention on the world’s fifth biggest oil exporter which is locked in a nuclear dispute with the West.
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Supporters of Mirhossein Mousavi, outraged at his defeat in what they viewed as a stolen election, planned another rally on Tuesday, even though seven people were killed on Monday on the fringes of a huge march through the streets of Tehran.
Mousavi urged people not to attend the banned rally at Vali-ye Asr Square in Tehran “to protect lives” saying it was canceled, but it was not clear if the call was heeded.
