Ahmadinejad wins Iran’s presidential electionLONDON - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken an “unassailable lead” in the presidential election, according to official figures. Government declares Iranian president winner in election, rival also claims victoryTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Interior Ministry claimed hard-line incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was heading for a surprise landslide victory Saturday in the country’s stormy presidential elections. But his pro-reform rival countered that he was the clear victor and accused authorities of voter fraud. Ahmadinejad and his main rival both claim victory in Iran’s tense electionTEHRAN, Iran — Both President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his main reformist challenger declared victory in Iran’s election Friday shortly after the polls closed. Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leads with nearly 70 percent of partial results in electionTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Interior Ministry has released partial results showing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leading with nearly 70 percent of votes counted so far in Friday’s election. Senior ministry official Kamran Daneshjoo says Ahmadinejad had 68.8 percent of the more than 10 million ballots counted so far. His main reformist challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi had 28.8 percent. State media declares Iranian president winner in election, but rival also claims victoryTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s state news agency reported that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won re-election Friday, but his main reformist challenger also confidently claimed victory at a news conference moments earlier. Iran extends voting time in hotly contested election (Second Lead)TEHRAN - Authorities in Iran extended the polling period for the second time Friday as the country witnessed an unprecedented turnout in its closely fought presidential election. Iran presidential challenger accuses president’s supporters of attacking office during voteTEHRAN, Iran — Iranians packed polling stations from boutique-lined streets in north Tehran to conservative bastions in the countryside Friday with a choice that’s left the nation divided and on edge: keeping hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power or electing a reformist who favors greater freedoms and improved ties with the United States. Iranian expats, children living in US cast ballots in Mideast country’s presidential electionLOS ANGELES — Iranian expatriates and their children living in the United States are casting ballots in Iran’s heated presidential election. US Def. Sec’y Gates cautious about Iranian election, cites policy over personalityBRUSSELS, Belgium — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Obama administration is closely watching the election in Iran but that policies are more significant than personalities in dealings with the Persian Gulf nation. Iranians jam voting sites to choose between hard-line president or reformist rivalTEHRAN, Iran — Iranians packed polling stations from boutique-lined streets in north Tehran to conservative bastions in the countryside Friday with a choice that’s left the nation divided and on edge: keeping hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power or electing a reformist who favors greater freedoms and improved ties with the United States. Campaign.com: Reformist taps social networking in race for Iran’s presidencyTEHRAN, Iran — A dozen young Iranians tap away at computers in a headquarters so new the light fixtures are still being installed. Their mission: to post videos, messages, blogs and anything else to further the Web-savvy campaign that hopes to bring down President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Friday’s election. Polls open in Iran presidential vote pitting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vs. pro-reform challengerTEHRAN, Iran — Iranians began voting Friday in a crucial presidential election pitting hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against a pro-reform candidate who is more open to improving relations with Washington. Iran’s raucous election campaign falls silent, voters contemplate whether to oust AhmadinejadTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s raucous election campaign fell silent a day before the vote as rallies were barred Thursday to give the public time to reflect on whether they want to keep hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power or replace him with a reformist more open to closer ties with the West. Iranians are set to vote on Friday on whether to re-elect President AhmadinejadTEHRAN, Iran — Tehran was quiet after a week of frenzied campaign activity as Iranians prepared to head to the polls Friday in a crucial presidential election that will be closely watched across the Middle East and Washington. Presidential election in Iran - a referendum on AhmadinejadTEHRAN - Friday’s presidential elections in Iran are gradually turning into a referendum on incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad faces obstacles in winning re-electionTEHRAN - Supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, known abroad mainly for provoking tension with the West, are confident he could reach his goal of winning another four-year term, but economic trouble at home might prove a major hurdle for the incumbent. US cautiously watching Iran election for signs of openness to engagementWASHINGTON — The Obama administration is cautiously watching Iran’s presidential election this week for signs that the Islamic Republic may be willing to engage with United States, but U.S. officials have meager expectations for change. Iran’s ruling powers warn reformists against seeking ‘revolution’TEHRAN, Iran — In the final hours of Iran’s fierce election campaign, the top pro-reform challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got a sharp warning Wednesday that authorities would crush any attempt at a popular “revolution” inspired by the huge rallies and street parties calling for more freedoms. Key events in Iran since revolutionA look at important dates in Iranian international and domestic affairs since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Where Iran’s candidates stand on key issuesA look at positions by Iran’s leading presidential candidates and the country’s ruling clerics on key issues. A look at the candidates in Iran’s presidential electionA look at the candidates in Friday’s presidential election in Iran: Iran’s election brings street parties and renewed hopes for reformersTEHRAN, Iran — Persian hip-hop thumps from car speakers and young hipsters — men with spiked hair and women in spike heels — dance in the streets. Former president calls on Iran’s top leader to take action against Ahmadinejad slanderTEHRAN, Iran — A powerful former Iranian president urged the country’s top leader Tuesday to take “serious action” against hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for accusing current and former top government officials of corruption in a televised election debate. Poll finds little change in Iranians’ poor views of US, despite Obama offers to talk to TehranWASHINGTON — Few Iranians have favorable opinions of the United States, a view that has changed little since the election of an American president who has expressed a willingness to talk to Tehran, a rare poll of Iranian citizens showed Monday. Obama, Sarkozy stand united on Iran, Mideast peace, set to commemorate D-Day invasionCAEN, France — President Barack Obama and his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, stood united Saturday in efforts to thwart Iran’s disputed nuclear ambitions and bring about a Mideast peace that provides for separate Israeli and Palestinian states. Obama suggests new, stronger response to North Korean nuclear, missile testingCAEN, France — President Barack Obama on Saturday suggested a new, stronger response to North Korean nuclear and missile testing, saying that he prefers continued diplomacy unless the communist country refuses to accept international calls to end to its nuclear program. Obama: Bravery and selflessness of D-Day veterans changed course of an entire centuryOMAHA BEACH, France — President Barack Obama honored the valiant dead and the “sheer improbability” of their D-Day victory, commemorating Saturday’s 65th anniversary of the decisive invasion even as he remakes two wars and tries to thwart potential nuclear threats in Iran and North Korea. Iran’s powerful former president says he will sue Ahmadinejad for slander over debate remarksTEHRAN, Iran — A powerful former president said Saturday he will sue hard-line leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for slander over remarks he made during an election debate. Obama, Sarkozy, agree on call for Israel to stop building settlements in West BankCAEN, France — President Barack Obama and French President Nicholas Sarkozy are again mutually calling for Iran not to develop a nuclear weapons program. At Nazi camp, Obama sees the capacity for evil and a need to confront it in the modern worldWEIMAR, Germany — President Barack Obama absorbed the stark horrors memorialized at the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday and said the lesson for the modern world is vigilance against evil, against subjugation of the weak and against the “cruelty in ourselves.” |
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