“”the number of votes cast in 50 cities exceeded the actual number of voters, according to a state television report two days after the country’s supreme leader pronounced the ballot to be fair.
The discrepancies, the most sweeping acknowledged so far by the authorities, could affect some three million ballots of what the government says was an 85 percent turnout numbering 40 million voters.
But the authorities insisted that the discrepancies did not violate Iranian law.
Iran Admits Possible Discrepancy in 3 Million Votes - NYTimes.com
For future reference. This is the sort of thing that makes people protest…..for some reason.
Source: The New York Times
