Monday, June 22, 2009

Iranian radio reported on cessation of strife.

SyuzhetyOppozitsiya against the re-Ahmadinedzhada22.06.2009Arestovany 457 participants protestaGosudarstvennoe Iranian radio reported that on the night of Monday 22 June was held in Tehran quietly, becoming the first calm night on 12 June, when the country held presidential elections , transfer agency Reuters.

Meanwhile, according to most agencies in the north of the Iranian capital, where many supporters of presidential candidate of the reformists Hossein Mousavi, all night, heard the shooting, while helicopters circled the sky.

Moussaoui, who lost the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said the falsification of elections, irregularities in the counting of votes and require recalculations of the voting results. According to official figures, he received 34 percent to 63 percent from Ahmadinejad.

The spiritual leader of Iran Ayatollah Hamani 19 June to Friday prayers declared its unconditional support for Ahmadinejad, called on supporters to stop their protests Moussaoui.

Nevertheless, many of them tried to quit on Saturday in the streets of Tehran. As a result of the ensuing clashes with the police and demonstrators traditionally conservative members of popular militias - Basijis - from 10 to 13 people were killed. More than 450 people were arrested.

According to some sources, was arrested the daughter of Hossein Mousavi, but then was released. Moussaoui himself has laid full responsibility for the Saturday riots which led to casualties on the government, but nonetheless on its website called on supporters to moderation.

In the meantime, as reported by Der Spiegel, the Council of Guardians - the people's supreme and legislative body - on Monday, June 22, acknowledged that the election fell significantly short of. In 50 cities of Iran's voters turned out for three million more than those who have the right to vote. However, according to press secretary of the Council, voting in those districts did not affect the overall outcome of the election of the president.

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