What about the many tens of millions of votes that weren’t cast at all, because all of the candidates were pre-approved by the ruling elite?
“But the authorities insisted that discrepancies, which could affect three million votes, did not violate Iranian law and the country’s influential Guardian Council said it was not clear whether they would decisively change the election result.”
I don’t see what the problem is. Apparently stealing elections by voter fraud is not illegal in Iran. Voter fraud took place, the election was stolen.
Let’s move on. Nothing to see here.