Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, has won a second term in office after a bitterly fought election, Iran's interior ministry says.
Ahmadinejad took 62.63 per cent of the vote, crushing Mir Hossein Mousavi, his main rival, who got just 33.75 per cent, according to results released on Saturday.
The Guardian Council, a powerful body of clerics which oversees Iran's constitution, is still to release its count, but there seemed little doubt about the result after Ayatollah Ali Kham
eini, the supreme leader, congratulated Ahmadinejad.
Mousavi, who had himself declared victory just moments after the polls closed on Friday, described the decision to declare Ahmadinejad as the winner as "treason to the votes of the people".
"I personally strongly protest the many obvious violations and I'm warning I will not surrender to this dangerous charade," he said in a statement.
"The result of such performance by some officials will jeopardise the pillars of the Islamic Republic and will establish tyranny."
Mousavi complained that many people had been prevented from voting, in part due to a shortage of ballot papers, and said that the authorities had blocked text messaging, which his campaign has used to reach young voters.
Khamenei dispelled any speculation he might use his powers to intervene in the poll-results dispute.
In a message on state TV, he urged the nation to unite behind Ahmadinejad, calling the result a "divine assessment".
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Ahmadinejad took 62.63 per cent of the vote, crushing Mir Hossein Mousavi, his main rival, who got just 33.75 per cent, according to results released on Saturday.
The Guardian Council, a powerful body of clerics which oversees Iran's constitution, is still to release its count, but there seemed little doubt about the result after Ayatollah Ali Kham
eini, the supreme leader, congratulated Ahmadinejad.Mousavi, who had himself declared victory just moments after the polls closed on Friday, described the decision to declare Ahmadinejad as the winner as "treason to the votes of the people".
"I personally strongly protest the many obvious violations and I'm warning I will not surrender to this dangerous charade," he said in a statement.
"The result of such performance by some officials will jeopardise the pillars of the Islamic Republic and will establish tyranny."
Mousavi complained that many people had been prevented from voting, in part due to a shortage of ballot papers, and said that the authorities had blocked text messaging, which his campaign has used to reach young voters.
Khamenei dispelled any speculation he might use his powers to intervene in the poll-results dispute.
In a message on state TV, he urged the nation to unite behind Ahmadinejad, calling the result a "divine assessment".
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