Sunday, June 14, 2009

Iranian police broke up rallies opposing Ahmadinejad.

Iranian police stringent methods accelerates rallies opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, refused to acknowledge his victory in the presidential election, the Associated Press.
Observers estimate the unrest, which began in Tehran after the announcement of the victory of Ahmadinejad, as the most serious in the last decade. In building the Ministry of Internal Affairs protesters (supporters world-Hossein Mousavi, the chief rival Ahmadinejad), burned tires and chanted "Down with the dictator!" and Ahmadi! Leave the country alone! " The police beat them with batons.
Police disperses any large crowd in Tehran. According to the Associated Press, to disperse the demonstrators have been actively involved officials in plain clothes.
Earlier, Interior Minister of Iran Sadeq Masuli, announcing the victory of Ahmadinejad, called on citizens not to accede to the unauthorized actions, which the organizers, he said, "are not affiliated with any of the candidates." The spiritual leader of the country, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his televised address to the nation said: "The enemies seek to deprive us of joy and organize elections hostile provocation." He called on opposition politicians to rally around the winner of Ahmadinejad and "refrain from provocative actions."
Mir-Hossein Mousavi, taken at the election of the second place with 33.75 percent of votes (from Ahmadinejad - 62.6 per cent), in his address to supporters stated that there had been manipulation of election results.
U.S. President Barack Obama to a request by journalists to comment on the situation surrounding the presidential election in Iran, said that the White House with interest the unfolding rigid dispute. " "Who would be in the end, neither won the election, we hope that the mere fact that the dispute will give us additional opportunities to interact with them" - Obama cites Reuters.

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