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Violence Flares As Ahmadinejad Wins Iran Vote

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« on: June 13, 2009, 03:24:10 pm »










                                     Violence flares as Ahmadinejad wins Iran vote



                   Official results show landslide for incumbent; pro-reform rival alleges 'fraud'





 
NBC News and news services
June 13, 2009
TEHRAN,
Iran

- Supporters of the main election challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires Saturday as authorities claimed the hard-line president was re-elected in a landslide. The rival candidate said the vote was tainted by widespread fraud and his followers responded with the most serious unrest in the capital in a decade.

By nightfall, cell phone service appeared to have been cut in the capital Tehran. And Ahmadinejad, in a nationally televised victory speech, accused the foreign media of coverage that harms the Iranian people. There was more rioting at night and fires continued to burn on the streets of Tehran.

Several hundred demonstrators — many wearing the trademark green colors of pro-reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi's campaign — chanted "the government lied to the people."



NBC News reported "violent clashes" between rock-throwing protesters and police in the streets of Tehran. Fires continued to burn as protesters lashed out by also shouting "Death to the dictator, death to Ahmadinejad" and "We want our votes back" as the final count from Friday's presidential election was announced.

It gave 62.6 percent of the vote to Ahmadinejad and 33.75 to Mousavi — a former prime minister who has become the hero of a youth-driven movement seeking greater liberties and a gentler face for Iran abroad.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, closed the door on any chance he could use his limitless powers to intervene in the disputes from Friday's election. In a message on state TV, he urged the nation to unite behind Ahmadinejad, calling the result a "divine assessment."
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« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2009, 05:30:21 pm »

Looks like they have NWO voting machines there too.   Cry
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