World News Iran declares poll fight over

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A body of 12 clerics declared Iran's disputed presidential vote valid and free of major fraud, paving the way for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be sworn in in July, despite claims of vote manipulation that sparked weeks of massive protest.

The Guardian Council, an electoral authority the opposition accuses of favoring Ahmadinejad, said June 29 that it had found only "slight irregularities" after randomly selecting and recounting 10 percent of nearly 40 million ballots.

In Europe on July 1, the day Sweden assumed the EU's rotating presidency, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said the EU was closing ranks with Britain and denouncing the detention by Iran of several local British Embassy employees in Tehran on June 28. Both Britain and the EU had condemned the detentions as "harassment and intimidation." Meanwhile, as of July 2, the official death toll among protesters rose to 20. (AP)

イラン、投票をめぐる争いに終結を宣言

イランの護憲評議会は、議論を呼んだ大統領選挙の結果が有効であり、大きな不正行為はなかったと宣言した。

Shukan ST: July 10, 2009

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