Iran leader urges polls transparency, rejects foreign meddling
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DUBAI - Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Saturday for more transparency in elections due in May following allegations of electoral fraud in the last polls.
He also warned against any foreign funding and interference.
State media carried election guidelines issued by Khamenei, who has the final say on all matters of state. They called for "setting the scope and type of expenses and sources of legal and illicit campaign expenses by candidate and increasing the transparency of resources..."
Election fraud is rarely reported openly, but the head of the Guardian Council, the top election watchdog, said after parliamentary elections in early 2016 that "vote-buying is becoming more common" and should be fought.
