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It's Breaking News all over the MSM, here's FOX's take:
Iran Supreme Leader Says Vote Was 'Definitive Victory' as Crowd Chants 'Death to America'
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader said Friday that there was "definitive victory" and no rigging in disputed presidential elections, offering no concession to protesters demanding the vote be canceled and held again.
In his first public address since demonstrators flooded the streets, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said protests should cease and the opposition must pursue its complaints within the confines of the cleric-led ruling system.
He blamed Great Britain and Iran's external enemies for trying to foment unrest but said Iran would not see a second revolution like those that transformed the countries of the former Soviet Union.
"The enemies (of Iran) are targeting the Islamic establishment's legitimacy by questioning the election and its authenticity before and after (the vote)," Khamenei said.
Press TV, an English-language version of Iranian state television, broadcast images from the crowded hall where Khamenei was speaking as the crowd and thousands of people assembled outside cheered.
At several points during Khamenei's speech, the crowd broke out into loud, seemingly-orchestrated chanting. Cameras panned across the sea of supporters as they shouted "death to America" and "death to the UK."
Khamenei said protesters would be "held responsible for chaos if they didn't end" days of massive demonstrations. The unrest has posed the greatest challenge to the system since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that brought it to power.
Khamenei said official results showing a landslide for hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were beyond question.
"There is 11 million votes difference, Khamenei said. "How one can rig 11 million votes?"
He remained staunch in his defense of Ahmadinejad, saying his views were closer to the president's than to those of Hashemi Rafsanjani, a powerful patron of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Khamenei told the defeated candidates: "I am urging them to end street protests, otherwise they will be responsible for its consequences, and consequences of any chaos."
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Khamenei Draws the Line in Iran
It's Breaking News all over the MSM, here's FOX's take:
Iran Supreme Leader Says Vote Was 'Definitive Victory' as Crowd Chants 'Death to America'
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader said Friday that there was "definitive victory" and no rigging in disputed presidential elections, offering no concession to protesters demanding the vote be canceled and held again.
In his first public address since demonstrators flooded the streets, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said protests should cease and the opposition must pursue its complaints within the confines of the cleric-led ruling system.
He blamed Great Britain and Iran's external enemies for trying to foment unrest but said Iran would not see a second revolution like those that transformed the countries of the former Soviet Union.
"The enemies (of Iran) are targeting the Islamic establishment's legitimacy by questioning the election and its authenticity before and after (the vote)," Khamenei said.
Press TV, an English-language version of Iranian state television, broadcast images from the crowded hall where Khamenei was speaking as the crowd and thousands of people assembled outside cheered.
At several points during Khamenei's speech, the crowd broke out into loud, seemingly-orchestrated chanting. Cameras panned across the sea of supporters as they shouted "death to America" and "death to the UK."
Khamenei said protesters would be "held responsible for chaos if they didn't end" days of massive demonstrations. The unrest has posed the greatest challenge to the system since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that brought it to power.
Khamenei said official results showing a landslide for hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were beyond question.
"There is 11 million votes difference, Khamenei said. "How one can rig 11 million votes?"
He remained staunch in his defense of Ahmadinejad, saying his views were closer to the president's than to those of Hashemi Rafsanjani, a powerful patron of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Khamenei told the defeated candidates: "I am urging them to end street protests, otherwise they will be responsible for its consequences, and consequences of any chaos."
There's lots more everywhere. This may be the start of a very long day.
- Good News And Better News .. Ahmadinejad Is Duking It Out With Khameinei For Power
The better news?Ahmadinejad allies charged with sorceryIranian power struggle between president and supreme leader sees arrests and claims of undue influence of chief of staffNo reallyClose allies of Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been...
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Yahoo: Iran's Khamenei may be a casualty in vote crisis By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer Wed Jun 24, 8:13 am ET CAIRO – Just a few weeks ago, they would have been virtually unthinkable acts of defiance in Iran: standing up to the supreme...
- Washington Times: Obama Wrote To Iran's Khamenei Before Election
The Washington Times is reporting that prior to this month's elections in Iran, Obama wrote to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. By Barabara Slavin Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Prior to this month's disputed presidential election in Iran, the...
- Iran’s Dictator Gives Up Pretence Of Democracy
Times Online h/y Anonymous Iran’s dictator gives up pretence of democracy Amir Taheri Just before noon on Friday, June 19, the Islamic republic died in Iran. Its death was announced by its “supreme guide”, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had come to...
- Report: Khamenei Issues Ultimatum To Mousavi; Update: Mousavi Says No?
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