Ahmadinejad wins by landslide
Published: 13 June, 2009, 15:28
Edited: 13 April, 2010, 15:50
Supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad celebrate in the streets of Tehran following his victory in the presidential elections (AFP Photo)
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Incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has won a landslide victory in the Iranian presidential elections with most of the votes counted, the country's electoral commission has announced.
According to a report of the task group holding the elections, by early Saturday morning 77.13% of ballot boxes were opened. 65.24% of the votes were cast for Ahmadinejad. His main rival Mir Hossein Moussavi got 31.83% of processed ballot papers.
However, the opposition has said it will contest the outcome and has complained of voting irregularities such as ballot rigging.
The announcement of the official results has been put on hold for fear of potential violence in the streets.
Earlier in the week, the president's military force warned it would crush any attempted overthrow of the Islamic regime by Moussavi’s movement.
Moussavi in turn accused the Islamic establishment of manipulating the people's vote to keep Ahmadinejad in power.
During the voting, some communications across Iran were disrupted.
Ahmadinejad supporters reportedly pelted one of Moussavi’s offices with tear gas canisters.
Moussavi raised hopes at home and abroad that, if elected, he would welcome US President Barack Obama's invitation to open dialogue.
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Congratulations to Dr. Ahmadinejad fot the fine victory. Moussavi is a sore loser, nothing more. And he is disrespectful, he doesn't even listen to the Supreme Leader. I love Iran.
An other slap in the face of America. As a following on a statement which I made concerning Mr Kadyrov' statement, the iranian vote add on the desaproval of the worldwide US policies. Americans are practically out of all south-american states; they face a costly, unwanted by the majority of the citizen war in Irak, Afghanistan and Pakistan. In Europe, they control and corrupt a lot of "collabos" states which do not have any ressources to steal. They can only be used thru NATO surrogate adventures. African states do not open much to american interests; weaken dollars do not have as much charm as before. Consequently, Russia is the last aviable target and every shame will be considered to reach the graal of that new and last "Eldorado". It is up to Russia to deceide what the futur will be; not only for herself but indirectly for Humanity. Sincerely. Jean-Claude Meslin
Congratulations to Ahmadinejad for the landslide victory in this historic turnout vote. Shame on Moussavi who has turned against his own people, he has divided Iran, caused an uprour to what was a united country, and turned against the whole Islamic System, all this just for power, is this how a politician acts, you have blackened your name and made a fool out of yourself by claiming the vote was riged, how can you rig 11 million people?