The head of Irans judiciary has announced that with the presidential and city council elections approaching, special committees will be established in each province to prevent and investigate election-related offences.According to acircularpublished on the official judiciary website on February 15, central committees under the judiciary will operate from each provincial capital. These provincial capital committees will in turn supervise satellite committees established in the provinces other cities.
Sadegh Larijani, head of Irans judiciary, has said that the committees will be charged with the strict enforcement of the election laws.
Such committees were utilized for the first time during Irans last parliamentary election in early 2012. This time, special committees will observe the presidential and city council elections, both scheduled for June 14, 2013.
The Judiciarys announcement comes several days after Irans Committee for Determining Examples of Criminal Web Contentannounced on February 11that it had assembled a list of examples of cyber crimes relating to the presidential election.
The Committee for Determining Examples of Criminal Web Content was established in 2009 and is chaired by Irans Attorney General, Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei.
By Iran Election Watch
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