Iran's Guardian Council approves presidential results

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TEHRAN, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Guardian Council, which is charged with supervising elections in the country, has approved the results of the June 12 presidential election, Iran's satellite channel Press TV reported Monday.

The announcement came after the Guardian Council ran a recount of 10 percent of the votes on Monday, which showed no irregularities, the English-language satellite channel said.

"The Guardian Council approval of the vote negates the possibility of an election re-run," Press TV said.

Iran's state television reported that Guardian Council Secretary Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati announced the body's decision in a letter to Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli.

The Guardian Council confirmed the results "after conducting thorough and comprehensive investigation," Jannati was quoted as saying in the letter.

Most of the complaints against the vote results were not considered as fraud and were only minor irregularities, Jannati said, adding that the allegations of voting irregularities were rejected.

The Guardian Council's announcement confirmed that incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been reelected for a second term.

Guardian Council spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodai told state television later Monday that the case for reviewing the election results "is closed now" for the council.

On June 13, the Iranian interior minister said Ahmadinejad won 62.63 percent of the total ballots, while his main rival Mir- Hossein Mousavi got 33.75 percent.

The other two candidates -- former parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi and former Revolutionary Guards chief Mohsen Rezaei -- got less than 2 percent of the total ballots.