The Arabic London-based al-Quds al-Arabi daily Tuesday accused the United States of interfering in Iran's elections due next month. The independent Palestinian-owned paper said such U.S. intervention in the Iranian polls was a "dangerous precedent reflecting serious American intentions in interfering in the Iranian issue, not out of love for democracy and the Iranian people, but to pressure the regime to stop its nuclear programs." The paper insisted U.S. meddling became clear after Iranian reformers protested the disqualification of some of their candidates in the presidential race, set for June 17.
The newspaper said it expects Washington to incite opposition to the elections through satellite channels financed by the U.S. administration. The paper argued Washington wants to "lead Iran on the path of Georgia and Ukraine," saying that was "why we should not be surprised with an eruption of student demonstrations across Iran to demand real democracy and free elections." | I'd be rather surprised if anything came of them. |
The U.S. State Department declined comment.| They'd be the last to know if democracy broke out anywhere. |
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