According to sources monitoring Iranian state television, Ayatollah Khamenei has agreed to stretch the assessment period for election-related complaints by five days. Typically, the Guardian Council has ten days–and ten days only–to judge the validity of fraud charges, meaning that the investigations would’ve ended tomorrow (the complaints were officially submitted last Monday). But Council officials asked for more time to eliminate any ambiguity–and Khamanei acquiesced. Sounds like more stalling, but let’s see what the extra time brings…
