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Iran Riots After “Victory” Ahmadinejad
Tehran, Iran (News worthy) – Rioting explodes in the capital Tehran, Iran Saturday, June 13, said after the election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Clashed with demonstrators after the police announcement by Iran of the Interior, Sadeq Mahsouli, that Ahmadinejad had won 62.6 percent of the vote, twice as many votes as his nearest competitor, the Reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who received 33.75 %.
Mousavi is alleged that the vote was marred by serious voting irregularities, and thousands of his supporters on the streets of Tehran. Some threw stones at police who used batons to push through the back of the protesters, Voice of America (VOA) network reported.
Videos received by employees of VOA Persian News Network in their personal accounts of the social networking site Facebook showing thousands of opposition supporters in the streets of Tehran, the network said.
Free vote
In his address, President Ahmadinejad said the vote was completely “free”, says that people voted for his policies.
Analysts say they were surprised because they are projected tight race between incumbent president and former Prime Minister, Mousavi.
Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, gave a high evaluation of the results, saying high electoral activity by over 80 percent – and 24 million votes “for” Ahmadinejad is a real celebration. ”
Ahmadinejad rivals have accused of him badly mismanaging the economy and spot images of Iran, further isolating the country from the west. The news was also expected to lead to concern among members of the Christian minority, including former Muslims
converted to Christianity.
Dozens of people were detained and at least five Christians were still missing, “said Christian rights groups.
The world reacts
Israel has also expressed concern, saying: this can complicate discussions on Iran nuclear program, including fears the Islamic nation is the creation of nuclear weapons. Tehran says its program is for peaceful purposes.
“The problem is Iran with the international community is not personal, but its policy,” Foreign Minister of Israel, Avigdor Lieberman said in a statement.
U. S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton said she hoped that the outcome reflects the will and desire of the Iranian voters.
Clinton spoke in a Fols Niagara, Ontario, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Lawrence Cannon, who said that his country was also “deeply concerned” by reports of irregularities, the Associated Press News Agency reported.
Hadi Ghaemi, a spokesperson of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran denounced the outcome as “Tiananmen Tehran” – a reference to the brutal repression in China in 1989 PRO democracy – and urged the international community not to recognize the result.
