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Article: IRAN - June 30 - Iran Upholds Ahmadi-Nejad Victory After Partial Recount.
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- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- June 30, 2009
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Iran's election oversight body declares the hotly disputed presidential vote to be valid after a partial recount, rejecting opposition allegations of fraud and calls for a new vote. State television reported that the Guardian Council presented the conclusion in a letter to the Interior Minister following a recount of what was described as a randomly selected 10 percent of the almost 40 million ballots cast June 12. Press TV said "few or no errors" were found. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi claims he, not incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, was the rightful winner and has called for a new election, something the government has repeatedly said it will not do. ...