Iran reformists seek referendum
"Since millions of Iranians have lost confidence in the electoral process, the Association of Combatant Clerics insist on the organization of a referendum by an independent body," it said in a statement. The association did not specify what question should be put to voters and under the Iranian constitution only the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who presently supports the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can organize a referendum. The clerical body also said it supported powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who earlier had made a hard hitting address on Friday criticizing last month's election and the subsequent crackdown on the opposition by the government.
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