A view shows traffic on Azadi street in Iran's capital Tehran on April 20, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP)
DUBAI – Iran accused the United States on Tuesday of interference for saying its presidential election on Friday was neither free nor fair, Iranian state media reported.
A US State Department spokesman said on Monday the United States viewed the process that made Ebrahim Raisi Iran's president-elect as "pretty manufactured".
"We consider this statement as interference in our domestic affairs, contrary to international law and reject it," Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei was quoted by state media as saying.
"The US government is not in a position to have the authority to express its views on the process of elections in Iran or any other country," Rabiei said.
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Raisi, a judge who is under US sanctions over human rights abuses, secured victory on Saturday in Iran's presidential election.
Turnout in the four-man race was a record low of around 48.8 percent and there were 3.7 million invalid ballots thought to be mostly blank or protest votes.