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Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has firmly ruled that the June 12 vote in the presidential election is valid. And warned the opposition leaders that they 'would be responsible for bloodshed and chaos' if the protest rallies continued.
Addressing the Friday Prayers in Tehran, the Ayatollah asked rather rhetorically, ' How can 11 million votes be changed'. The opposition has been accusing that the vote in the four cornened contest was rigged.
Iran's Spiritualleader praised Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his landslide victory and described the vote as an 'epic moment that became a historic moment'.
'The Islamic state would not cheat and would not betray the vote of the people', Khamenei was quoted as telling vcheering crowds in his 100-minute long sermon broadcast over loudspeakers.
President Ahmadinejad and Parliament's Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel attended the prayer meeting held at the Tehran University.
There was no immediate response from Opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi, whose supporters have hit the streets for the past week.
Addressing the Friday Prayers in Tehran, the Ayatollah asked rather rhetorically, ' How can 11 million votes be changed'. The opposition has been accusing that the vote in the four cornened contest was rigged.
Iran's Spiritualleader praised Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his landslide victory and described the vote as an 'epic moment that became a historic moment'.
'The Islamic state would not cheat and would not betray the vote of the people', Khamenei was quoted as telling vcheering crowds in his 100-minute long sermon broadcast over loudspeakers.
President Ahmadinejad and Parliament's Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel attended the prayer meeting held at the Tehran University.
There was no immediate response from Opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi, whose supporters have hit the streets for the past week.
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