Article: 2nd LD: Iran's Guardian Council to recount 10 pct ballot boxes: TV

2nd LD: Iran's Guardian Council to recount 10 pct ballot boxes: TV

Tehran, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Guardian Council is ready to recount up to 10 percent of the ballot boxes randomly in last week 's presidential election, state television reported on Saturday.

"The Guardian Council is ready to recount randomly up to 10 percent of ballot boxes in last week's disputed presidential election," the council's spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodai was quoted as saying.

"The Guardian Council is not legally obliged," Kadkhodai said, "we will recount the votes in the presence of the three (defeated) candidates."

Whenever the examination and the recount is finished the council will announce its final ...

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