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Opposition candidate details fraud allegations
Mir Hussain Mousavi, the leading opposition candidate in last month's disputed election, released documents on Saturday detailing a campaign of alleged fraud by supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that assured his re-election, while an adviser to Iran's supreme leader accused Mousavi of treason.
- By Thomas Erdbrink, Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service
- Published: 22:54 July 5, 2009
Tehran: Mir Hussain Mousavi, the leading opposition candidate in last month's disputed election, released documents on Saturday detailing a campaign of alleged fraud by supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that assured his re-election, while an adviser to Iran's supreme leader accused Mousavi of treason.
Hussain Shariatmadari, a special adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accused Mousavi of being a "foreign agent" working for the United States and a member of a "fifth column" determined to topple Iran's Islamic system of governance. The accusation of treason was the highest and most direct issued by an Iranian official since the June 12 election.
Many in Iran say that government forces are laying the groundwork for arresting Mousavi, who has not been seen in public in more than a week.
In a 24-page document posted on his website, Mousavi's special committee studying election fraud accused influential Ahmadinejad supporters of handing out cash bonuses and food, increasing wages, printing millions of extra ballots and other acts in the run-up to the vote.
The committee, whose members were appointed by Mousavi, said the state did everything in its power to get Ahmadinejad re-elected, including using military forces and government planes to support his campaign.
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