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| Iran confirms Ahmadinejad victory | Iran confirms Ahmadinejad victory |
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| Iran's top electoral body, the Guardian Council, has confirmed the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the presidential election after a partial recount. | Iran's top electoral body, the Guardian Council, has confirmed the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the presidential election after a partial recount. |
| News of the decision, which comes after a series of protests by the opposition against what it says was a rigged ballot, was announced by state TV. | News of the decision, which comes after a series of protests by the opposition against what it says was a rigged ballot, was announced by state TV. |
| The 12-strong council is the most influential body in Iran and is currently controlled by conservatives. | The 12-strong council is the most influential body in Iran and is currently controlled by conservatives. |
| Some 17 people are thought to have died during opposition street protests. | Some 17 people are thought to have died during opposition street protests. |
| "The secretary of the Guardian Council in a letter to the interior minister announced the final decision of the Council... and declares the approval of the accuracy of the results of... the presidential election," the state broadcaster said. | "The secretary of the Guardian Council in a letter to the interior minister announced the final decision of the Council... and declares the approval of the accuracy of the results of... the presidential election," the state broadcaster said. |
| A partial recount of the election carried out on Monday showed no irregularities in the vote, Iran's English-language Press TV television station added, according to Reuters news agency. | A partial recount of the election carried out on Monday showed no irregularities in the vote, Iran's English-language Press TV television station added, according to Reuters news agency. |
| Mr Ahmadinejad was officially re-elected with 63% of the vote on 12 June. | Mr Ahmadinejad was officially re-elected with 63% of the vote on 12 June. |
| His main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi, has said the whole election should be annulled and held again. | His main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi, has said the whole election should be annulled and held again. |
| Reports say there were clashes on Monday in central Tehran between opposition demonstrators trying to form a human chain and security forces. | Reports say there were clashes on Monday in central Tehran between opposition demonstrators trying to form a human chain and security forces. |
| Red lines | Red lines |
| The Guardian Council had ruled earlier that any irregularities in the polling would not affect the result of the election. | |
| For many Iranians the latest ruling confirming Mr Ahmadinejad's victory was seen as rubber-stamping fraud, says the BBC's Jeremy Bowen in Tehran. | |
| Iran's crisis since the presidential election has taken the Islamic Republic into new and unknown territory, our correspondent says. | Iran's crisis since the presidential election has taken the Islamic Republic into new and unknown territory, our correspondent says. |
| All sorts of red lines have been crossed, with unprecedented public condemnation of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, he adds. | All sorts of red lines have been crossed, with unprecedented public condemnation of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, he adds. |
| Iran has been left with a divided ruling elite that has been having a public quarrel, our correspondent says. | Iran has been left with a divided ruling elite that has been having a public quarrel, our correspondent says. |
| During the mass rallies a broad-based opposition coalition emerged. | During the mass rallies a broad-based opposition coalition emerged. |
| It did not have effective leadership so the authorities were able to take the initiative back, helped by a security crackdown and hundreds, some say several thousand, arrests. | It did not have effective leadership so the authorities were able to take the initiative back, helped by a security crackdown and hundreds, some say several thousand, arrests. |
| The people who took to the streets are still angry about what happened, our correspondent adds, and the authorities must fear that anger, because it could explode again. | The people who took to the streets are still angry about what happened, our correspondent adds, and the authorities must fear that anger, because it could explode again. |