Moqimi: Disagreement Between the Guardian Council and the Interior Ministry Regarding the Third Elected Representative of Isfahan

Mohammad Hossein Moqimi, head of the Election Headquarters of Iran's Interior Ministry, stated on Wednesday that the disagreement between the Guardian Council and the Interior Ministry regarding the third elected representative of Isfahan is very important. The Guardian Council had previously announced that the votes for Minoo Khalighi, the reformist-supported candidate, were 'invalidated.' According to ISNA, Moqimi clarified on Wednesday during his explanatory trip to Isfahan: 'The votes for the third elected representative of Isfahan have not been invalidated; rather, based on a letter sent from the Guardian Council to the Interior Ministry, the election of the third elected representative of Isfahan County has been annulled.' The head of the country's Election Headquarters emphasized that 'the disagreement between the Guardian Council and the Interior Ministry regarding the votes for the third elected representative of Isfahan is a very important issue,' expressing hope that the Interior Ministry and the Guardian Council would reach necessary cooperation regarding 'the elections of Isfahan County and the third elected representative.' Moqimi also discussed the 'potential consequences of the annulment of the election of the third representative of Isfahan and how to select a fifth replacement,' stating: 'The Interior Ministry has sent all its legal reasons, opinions, and documents based on Clause 3 of Article 52 to the Guardian Council in writing, and we have no decision to comment on the elections of Isfahan and the potential replacement until the official positions of the Guardian Council regarding the sent letter are announced, and we will wait for the Guardian Council's opinion.' He also mentioned regarding the holding of a second round of elections in the Isfahan constituency that the sixth candidate in the parliamentary elections in Isfahan received 26% of the votes, and if someone is to go to the Islamic Consultative Assembly from among the candidates, it is a necessity; according to the law, the sixth candidate, given this volume of votes, should go to the Assembly as the fifth representative, but the Guardian Council intends to hold a by-election. In this context, Siamak Rahpeyk, spokesperson for the Central Supervisory Board on Elections, stated on Wednesday regarding the annulment of the votes for the third elected representative of the Isfahan constituency that the Guardian Council's decision to annul these votes was based on legal standards and frameworks, and no changes have been made to previous decisions. Earlier, some media in Iran reported on the efforts of conservatives in Isfahan to prevent Minoo Khalighi from entering the Parliament. The newspaper Vaghaye Ettefaghieh, in its first issue after the Nowruz holidays, wrote that Ms. Khalighi's qualification had been confirmed by a letter of endorsement from Ahmad Salek, the fifth candidate in the parliamentary elections and the Friday prayer leader of Isfahan, but during the process of the tenth parliamentary elections, when Minoo Khalighi, born in 1985, won and even surpassed a prominent conservative figure like Salek, who is currently a member of Parliament, those who had mediated withdrew their endorsements. In this context, the head of the Election Headquarters expressed ignorance about the reason for the 'annulment' of Minoo Khalighi's votes. The dispute over Khalighi; the phenomenon of Isfahan. Mousavi Lari: The government should not yield to the annulment of the votes of the elected representative of Isfahan. Continued protests against the annulment of the votes of the reformist candidate; accusations of case fabrication. Changing the playing field of 'proxy forces'; war against the people in the streets of Iran. The first paragraph; the responsibility of the opponents and the possibility of radicalizing Iranian society. The death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the crisis in Iran. Trump: I hope there is no need for further action regarding Iran; they were killing people indiscriminately. The shadow of war over Tehran; 'Trump is seeking decisive military options against Iran.' Trump says if the Islamic Republic carries out an assassination against him, 'it will be wiped off the face of the earth.' Trump emphasizes 'stopping executions in Iran': we do not know what will happen in the future. The death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the crisis in Iran.