Iran says no to foreign election observers

AFP:

Iran said on Saturday that it will not accept any foreign monitoring of its June 17 presidential elections, asserting that international observers were neither permitted nor required.

"Observing the elections is a red line that no foreigner should cross," said Gholam Hossien Elham, a spokesman for Iran's Guardians Council -- a hardline-controlled political watchdog. READ MORE

"Any talk of international monitoring of the elections in our country is against the constitution and the country's national interest. There is no need for it," he asserted.

His comments, made to Iranian media, came in response to reported calls from dissident Iranian groups for foreign observers. ...