Iran Vote & Aftermath
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Iranians went to the polls on June 12 to vote in one of the most important elections in the Islamic republic's history.
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Officials said the turnout topped 85 percent, the highest ever for a national election in the Islamic republic.
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A girl waits while women vote at a Tehran polling station.
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Iranian women hold prayer beads and registration cards as they wait to vote in Qom.
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Supporters greet President Mahmud Ahmadinejad outside a polling station in Tehran.
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Ahmadinejad supporters celebrate early reports of a lead in the polls.
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After election officials declared Ahmadinejad the winner, thousands of supporters of Mir Hossein Musavi protested.
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A Musavi supporter walks past a burning motorcycle during the opposition protests.
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Riot police were deployed to disperse the protesters.
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Protesters try to help a riot policeman who was beaten during the street clashes.
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A day after the vote, a woman cries near Musavi's campaign headquarters in Tehran.
