Obama Questions Legitimacy Of Iranian Election

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is questioning the legitimacy of the disputed Iranian election that has triggered days of street protests.

In a White House news conference Tuesday, he said it is impossible to know what happened at polling places during the June 12 election because there were no international monitors in place.

But he added that there are “big questions” about the legitimacy of the results, which Iran’s leaders have said are final.

The challenger to the declared winner of the election has said it was fraudulent, and Obama condemned the government’s crackdown on those who have protested the vote result.

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