Reply #7: Scalia to Iranians--Get over it!

[Aloha Spirit]

Seriously though, I've read that a fatwah may have been issued to "secure" the vote

"In an open letter published on June 7, a group of Interior Ministry employees expressed concern about the ministry's plans to intervene and manipulate the election by various means. They mentioned a fatwa issued by an ayatollah in Qom, which provides ministry officials with a religious justification for manipulating the election in favor of Ahmadinezhad. Some reformist sources such as roozonline.com believe that the fatwa was issued by Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, who is known to be a fervent supporter of Ahmadinezhad and his religious worldview."

From a BBC Persian TV journalist last week.
http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2009/06/irans_voting_manipulation_indu.html

I also read accounts on twitter this past weekend of ballot boxes being in various states of tampered with, from broken seals to being set on fire.