Ahmadinejad accused of trying to buy votes in Iran
Opponents of Iran's hard-line president have accused him of trying to buy votes before the June presidential election by handing out checks and free vegetables to the poor.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government has defended the payments, saying the checks for 500,000 and 1 million rials—about $50 and $100—have nothing to do with the election.It has been distributing the money to poor families—most of them in rural areas and small towns—since last year, and in recent weeks it broadened the distribution to include students and teachers....