The Aftermath Of Iran's Presidential Election

A supporter of Iranian reformist presidential candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, holds a piece of stone and with his covered his face with green scarf symbolizing his party's color as the others burn a trash bin in Tehran, Saturday, June 13, 2009. Supporters of the main election challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires Saturday as authorities claimed the hard-line president was re-elected in a landslide. The rival candidate said the vote was tainted by widespread fraud and his followers responded with the most serious unrest in the capital in a decade. (AP Photo)

Election Battles Turn Into Street Fights In Iran -- Yahoo News/AP

TEHRAN, Iran – Opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police in the heart of Iran's capital Saturday, pelting them with rocks and setting fires in the worst unrest in Tehran in a decade. They accused the hard-line president of using fraud to steal election victory from his reformist rival.

The brazen and angry confrontations — including stunning scenes of masked rioters tangling with black-clad police — pushed the self-styled reformist movement closer to a possible moment of truth: Whether to continue defying Iran's powerful security forces or, as they often have before, retreat into quiet dismay and frustration over losing more ground to the Islamic establishment.

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Ahmadinejad's victory greeted by Tehran protests -- Reuters
Protests hit Tehran after Ahmadinejad wins -- Reuters
Ahmadinejad Confirmed Victor; Violent Protests Erupt in Tehran -- Wall Street Journal
Iran erupts after vote -- Times Online
Protesters clash with police in Tehran amid vote-rigging allegations -- Globe And Mails
Tehran Tension Mounts -- Gulf Daily News
Ahmadinejad's reelection prompts mass protests in Iran -- Christian Science Monitor
Iran Election In Dispute as 2 Candidates Claim Victory -- Washington Post
Iranian election ‘a dangerous charade’ -- Sunday Herald
US rejects victory claim by Iran's Ahmadinejad -- AP
Wide Reverberations as Door Slams on Hope of Change -- New York Times

Protests hit Tehran after Ahmadinejad wins -- Reuters
Ahmadinejad Confirmed Victor; Violent Protests Erupt in Tehran -- Wall Street Journal
Iran erupts after vote -- Times Online
Protesters clash with police in Tehran amid vote-rigging allegations -- Globe And Mails
Tehran Tension Mounts -- Gulf Daily News
Ahmadinejad's reelection prompts mass protests in Iran -- Christian Science Monitor
Iran Election In Dispute as 2 Candidates Claim Victory -- Washington Post
Iranian election ‘a dangerous charade’ -- Sunday Herald
US rejects victory claim by Iran's Ahmadinejad -- AP
Wide Reverberations as Door Slams on Hope of Change -- New York Times
Israeli officials: Iran vote shows growing threat -- AP
The West fooled itself Iran would allow reform -- Times Online opinion
Iran's Election Mania Turns to Confusion -- Henry Newman, The Guardian
Women: Iran's New Political Force -- Patrick Martin, Globe and Mail
Meet the Boss in Iran -- New York Daily News editorial

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