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The Guardian Council confirms Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory
On Monday the Iranian Pess TV, a state backed news agency, announced Gaurdian Council’s decision that confirmed Ahmadinejad’s victory, which comes after weeks of protests by Ahmadinejad’s opponents against what they claim was a rigged election.
A member of the Guardian council told Press TV that a partial recount of 10 percent of the ballots carried on Monday showed no irregularities in the vote.
Ahmadinejad’s main opponent, Mir Hossein Mousavai, is not content with a partial recount and wants the whole election to be held again. In addition, to the claims of Mousavi, Mehdi Karoubi, one of the three defeated candidates, called for a re-election and insisted that it was the only way to regain Iranian people’s trust.
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton expressed her doubts regarding the recount. She said: “They [the Iranian government] have a huge credibility gap with their own people as to the election process.
“And I don’t think that’s going to disappear by any finding of a limited review of a relatively small number of ballots”.
Independent experts are questioning the value of recount, most of them don’t necessarily think of the Guardian Council as a neutral arbiter. According to them Khamenei had already declared Ahmadinejad the winner, and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the Guardian Council to approve his verdict.
For some protesters it may appear a fruitless campaign, however, many believe that these events pushed Iranian people to cross some lines that they never have thought of before, while others believe that this is the beginning of and end for Iran’s clerical rule.
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[...] of the protesters are young people who did not know Mousavi as a prime minister, during Khamenei’s presidency, and most probably the majority of them were children during that [...]