Juan Cole notes ayatollah in charge of partial recount is notorious hardliner, Ahmadinejad supporter

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Sound familiar?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Another Day of Rallies Planned;

Press, Internet Crackdowns Announced

Mir-Hosain Mousavi, leader of the reform faction in Iran who maintains that last Friday's elections was stolen, has rejected as inadequate the government's offer of a limited recount of ballots. Note that the head of the Guardianship Council, to which this task has been assigned, is Aytatollah Ahmad Jannati, a notorious hard liner and partisan supporter of Mahmound Ahmadinejad. The reformists want a whole new presidential campaign, saying that last Friday's process was a charade. The state authorities have rejected this demand.

http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/another-day-of-rallies-planned-press.html