From Politico: McCain: Iranian election a ’sham’
“The reaction of the Iranian people shows their discontent with this regime,” McCain said during an interview on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.”
“It’s really a sham that they’ve pulled off and I hope that we will act,” he said.
Iranian citizens continued to protest the election results Monday, which showed Ahmadinejad winning by a nearly 2-1 ratio. Ahmadinejad’s chief opponent, Mir Hossein Mousavi, has claimed that the Iranian president’s win was the result of election fraud.
[McCain] “I think they should be condemned, and it’s obvious that this was a rigged election and depriving the people of their democratic rights,” the Arizona senator said. “We are for human rights all over the world.”
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