Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been summoned to appear before a criminal court in regard to a complaint lodged by Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani and others. On Monday, Branch 76 of the Criminal Court of Tehran Province issued the summons, stating that Ahmadinejad would face the unnamed charges in November. Ahmadinejad is scheduled to hand over the presidency to Hassan Rohani in early August, when the latter is sworn in. Nearly 50.5 million Iranians, including more than 1.6 million first-time voters, were eligible to participate in the presidential election. The Interior Ministry put voter turnout at 72.7 percent. Rohani won 18,613,329 votes or 50.7 percent to secure an outright victory. In the Iranian system, if no presidential candidate receives 50 percent of the vote, the two top candidates must face off in a run-off election. presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/18/309556/president-ahmadinejad-summoned-to-court/
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:03:48 +0000
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