Respect genuine will of Iranian voters: Ban
June 16th, 2009 - 1:33 am ICT by IANSNew York, June 16 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he was closely following the dispute over Iran’s presidential electoral results, and called for respect of the “genuine will” of the Iranian voters.
Ban told reporters he had taken note of the call by Iran’s religious leaders to investigate charges of electoral fraud lodged by opposition groups that questioned the apparent victory of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad following Friday’s elections.
“My position and that of the United Nations is that the genuine will of the people should be fully respected,” he said. “I am following closely how the investigation into these elections will come out.”
Iran’s opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi, a reformist, and his supporters took to the streets on Monday to denounce the alleged fraud, claiming that he won the vote to replace Ahmadinejad.
- Six-year jail for former Iranian reformist - Jan 17, 2010
- Khamenei warns opposition against undermining establishment - Dec 13, 2009
- Iranian opposition leader sentenced six-year jail - Feb 09, 2010
- Khatami pulls out of Iran's presidential polls - Mar 16, 2009
- Obama 'deeply troubled' by Iran violence after elections - Jun 16, 2009
- Iran opposition says Monday anti-government rally will go ahead - Feb 14, 2011
- Iranian opposition cancels election anniversary rally - Jun 10, 2010
- Iran's opposition candidate Rezaei withdraws poll complaint - Jun 24, 2009
- Iran's Ayatollah Montazeri buried in Qom amid protests - Dec 22, 2009
- Hundreds of thousands join protest rally in Tehran (Lead) - Jun 16, 2009
- Protests continue in Iran as election result to be investigated - Jun 15, 2009
- Moussavi nephew among dead in Iran clashes - Dec 28, 2009
- Iran presses opposition not to go ahead with rally - Feb 11, 2011
- Iranian people will continue protests, says Moussavi - Jun 17, 2009
- Moussavi complains of arrests, as Iran stalemate continues (Lead) - Jun 25, 2009
Tags: apparent victory, ban ki moon, dpa, elections, electoral fraud, electoral results, hossein, incumbent president, iran, iranian voters, mahmoud ahmadinejad, opposition groups, opposition leader, president mahmoud ahmadinejad, reformist, religious leaders, un secretary general, united nations, vote