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REGION: Middle East
TOPIC: Politics
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Governing Iran
SLIDE SHOW Posted: July 17, 2009   
Protests Ripple Through Iran in Wake of Election FLASH VERSION
The landslide reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on June 12 sparked massive street protests in Tehran. Even a month later, when Ali Akbar Rafsanjani led Friday prayers, protesters again clashed with security forces -- evidence of the still simmering tensions.
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Presidential Vote, Iranians jammed polls in the highly charged presidential vote on June 12 in which hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a second term against candidates including the more moderate former prime minister, Mir Hossein Mousavi.
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Presidential Vote
Iranians jammed polls in the highly charged presidential vote on June 12 in which hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a second term against candidates including the more moderate former prime minister, Mir Hossein Mousavi.
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