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Dozens Protesting Election Results In Tehran

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June 13, 2009

A video is making the rounds of Iran’s blogosphere of what appears to be a protest by supporters of presidential candidate Mir Hossein Musavi in the capital Tehran.

In the video posted today, protesters are shouting “Support, support!” and “Allah Akbar” (God is great), without naming any of the presidential candidates.

In another video posted on Facebook, dozens of angry protesters are chanting “Musavi, give us our votes back!”

Reuters reports that anti-riot police are guarding the offices overseeing the election.

-- Golnaz Esfandiari

Tags: Iran , protest , election

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by: Ben from: Netherlands
June 14, 2009 06:03
Friends visited Iran recently and found that people are very much looking for contacts with people outside Iran. They feel locked up in their own country.
I had high hopes of the result of this election, but they have been crushed by religious leaders who trample the Koran to reach their own human goals. They ridicule their own statements about religion, Allah and the Koran. They are cheaters and worse.
What can we Westerners do to help the Iranians??

About This Diary

Controversy continues to swirl around Iran's June 12 presidential election. Three candidates, all current or former senior officials, were looking to unseat incumbent Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who was deemed the outright winner within hours of the polls closing. RFE/RL correspondents follow the Iranian public's saga through dispatches of their own, as well as by highlighting some of the viewpoints emerging from Iran through Facebook, Twitter, and other online resources (in orange).

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