06-13-2009, 08:55 PM
<b>Ahmedinejad wins disputed Iran vote, crowds clash</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->TEHRAN (Reuters) - Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won re-election by a thumping margin, official figures showed Saturday, but his moderate challenger <b>rejected the tally as a "dangerous charade" that could lead to tyranny.</b>
The scale of Ahmadinejad's victory -- he took nearly twice as many votes as former Prime Minister Mirhossein Mousavi with counting almost complete after Friday's poll -- upset widespread expectations that the race would at least go to a second round.
Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli said Ahmadinejad won 62.6 percent of the vote and Mousavi 33.75 percent. Turnout was a record 85 percent of eligible voters.
Mousavi protested against what he said were many obvious violations.
<b>"I'm warning I will not surrender to this dangerous charade. The result of such performance by some officials will jeopardize the pillars of the Islamic Republic and will establish tyranny</b>," Mousavi said in a statement made available to Reuters.
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Yesterday, Obama made a statement that after his speech to Muslims, Lebanon voted against Hezbollah and in Iran they are having good debate. US channels were blostering that Ahmadinejad will lose because of speech. Now Iran gave thumbing majority to Ahmadinejad. Should be say Iran voted against Obama speech. <!--emo&
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The scale of Ahmadinejad's victory -- he took nearly twice as many votes as former Prime Minister Mirhossein Mousavi with counting almost complete after Friday's poll -- upset widespread expectations that the race would at least go to a second round.
Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli said Ahmadinejad won 62.6 percent of the vote and Mousavi 33.75 percent. Turnout was a record 85 percent of eligible voters.
Mousavi protested against what he said were many obvious violations.
<b>"I'm warning I will not surrender to this dangerous charade. The result of such performance by some officials will jeopardize the pillars of the Islamic Republic and will establish tyranny</b>," Mousavi said in a statement made available to Reuters.
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Yesterday, Obama made a statement that after his speech to Muslims, Lebanon voted against Hezbollah and in Iran they are having good debate. US channels were blostering that Ahmadinejad will lose because of speech. Now Iran gave thumbing majority to Ahmadinejad. Should be say Iran voted against Obama speech. <!--emo&
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