Mousavi seeks to overturn Iran election result
Parisa Hafezi and Fredrik Dahl
Reuters
TEHRAN: Defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi demanded on Sunday that Iran's presidential election be annulled and urged more protests, while tens of thousands of people hailed the victory of the hardline Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mousavi's supporters again took to the streets after violence on Saturday, clashing with police in protests that have underscored political rifts exposed by Friday's disputed vote.
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US Vice President Joe Biden cast doubt on the election result, but said Washington was reserving its position for now. "It sure looks like the way they're suppressing speech, the way they're suppressing crowds, the way in which people are being treated, that there's some real doubt," he told NBC's "Meet the Press."
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Mr. Biden Speaks on MSNBC below:
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Dear CNN, Please Check Twitter for News About Iran
By MARSHALL KIRKPATRICK and READWRITEWEB
Published: June 14, 2009
The western world's most feared government is shaking with insurrection in the streets after a contested election and the leading name in news, CNN, is shockingly absent from the story. Twitter, meanwhile, is how Iranians are communicating with the outside world. It's the best place to follow events going on in that country and CNN's failure to engage with the story is one of the hottest topics of conversation there.
For full article click here. This article is full of good links if you want to dig deeper.
And click here to read Mousavi's letter of appeal regarding the elections.
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