Parsing words in Farsi

According to the BBC, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Responding to allegations of electoral fraud, the ayatollah insisted the Islamic Republic would not cheat. "There is 11 million votes difference," the ayatollah said. "How can one rig 11 million votes?"

Translation: We cheated, but we didn't authorized that much cheating.

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