Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday called the recent reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a “sham” and criticized President Barack Obama’s administration for not voicing strong opposition to the election’s result.
“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.
On Saturday, the White House released a short statement on the election from press secretary Robert Gibbs, but Obama himself has yet to speak about the election. - Politico Story
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