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| Iran starts partial poll recount | Iran starts partial poll recount |
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| Iran's top legislative body has begun a partial recount of last month's disputed presidential elections. | Iran's top legislative body has begun a partial recount of last month's disputed presidential elections. |
| The Guardian Council has offered to recount a random 10% of the votes from the 12 June election. | The Guardian Council has offered to recount a random 10% of the votes from the 12 June election. |
| But defeated opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has rejected the proposal, saying the poll was rigged and therefore should be annulled. | But defeated opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has rejected the proposal, saying the poll was rigged and therefore should be annulled. |
| Current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the poll's winner - a move that triggered mass street protests. | Current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the poll's winner - a move that triggered mass street protests. |
| "The Guardian Council has started a partial recount of 10% of the ballot boxes," Iran's state television al-Alam reported on Monday. | |
| It said the process had started in the capital Tehran as well as in the country's provinces. | |
| It said the recount was expected to be completed later on Monday and the result would be declared shortly afterwards. |