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Article: Iran's Guardian Council Affirms Vote Result; Recount of 10 Percent of Ballot Boxes Certifies Landslide Victory by Ahmadinejad
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- The Washington Post
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- June 30, 2009
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A top supervisory body reviewing Iran's disputed June 12 election
formally dismissed all opposition complaints of fraud Monday and
affirmed a landslide victory for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
setting off shouts of protest from Tehran's rooftops but leaving
opponents with few options amid an intensifying government
crackdown.
The decision by the Guardian Council, a 12-member panel of Shiite
Muslim clerics and jurists who oversee elections and certify
results, was announced about 10 p.m. Tehran time after a partial
recount was conducted in an effort to mollify political opponents
who charge that Ahmadinejad benefited from massive vote-rigging.
Before the announcement, security forces, ...