Iranian opposition figure Karroubi appeals for court hearing over 'election rigging'

Mehdi Karroubi, under house arrest for four years, claims authorities falsified the results of the 2005 and 2009 elections Former Iranian presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, under house arrest since 2011, has appealed to president Hassan Rouhani for a court hearing where he could show two elections he lost were rigged. Karroubi, a former speaker of parliament, said in a letter to Rouhani that Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, Basij militia and intelligence ministry falsified the results of...