Iran Council Confirms Ahmadinejad Win

Top council makes decision
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 29, 2009 1:06 PM CDT
Iran Council Confirms Ahmadinejad Win
Demonstrators protest against the election results in Iran on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles yesterday.   (AP Photo)

After partially recounting ballots, Iran’s top legislators have confirmed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the victor in the country’s presidential election, the BBC reports. The decision by the 12-member, conservative-controlled Guardian Council was announced on state television and follows weeks of protests in which some 17 are believed to have died. The recount found no voting irregularities, Iranian TV reported.

“The secretary of the Guardian Council in a letter to the interior minister announced the final decision of the Council … and declares the approval of the accuracy of the results of … the presidential election,” the broadcast said. While the Council had already said irregularities wouldn’t change the outcome, the recount sets the stage for Ahmadinejad’s official confirmation, the BBC notes. (More Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stories.)

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