احمدی نژاد گفته است: "امروز جشن میلاد حضرت فاطمه و امام راحل است و ان شاءالله جشن پیروزی بزرگ ملت ایران در حماسه بی نظیر انتخابات در سرتاسر ایران برگزار می شود. ظاهرا در تهران هم در میدان ولی عصر از ساعت ۵، مردم تهران این جشن بزرگ را برپا خواهند کرد".
او گفت که شخصا:dehati: در "اقیانوس متلاطم مردم" حضور خواهد داشت.
میدان ولی عصر و خیابان ولی عصر در مرکز تهران از جمله مناطقی بود که گزارش هایی از وقوع درگیری در آنها منتشر شده بود
او گفت که شخصا:dehati: در "اقیانوس متلاطم مردم" حضور خواهد داشت.
میدان ولی عصر و خیابان ولی عصر در مرکز تهران از جمله مناطقی بود که گزارش هایی از وقوع درگیری در آنها منتشر شده بود
Someone should :redhitblue:!!!!
Ahmadinejad to hold victory rally amid protests
updated 15 minutes ago
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prepared to hold a victory rally Sunday, a day after he was declared the winner of the country's presidential election, spurring violent street protests from opposition supporters who claimed ballot fraud.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will hold a victory rally Saturday after winning Iran's presidential election.
Thousands of demonstrators, shouting "Death to the dictatorship" and "We want freedom," burned police motorcycles, tossed rocks through store windows and set trash cans on fire on Saturday. Riot police charged back, spraying demonstrators with tear gas and clubbing many with batons.
Ahmadinejad, who defended his "completely free" re-election in a television address Saturday night, is expected to again speak with reporters before the Sunday victory rally.
There were conflicting reports on whether Ahmadinejad's challenger, Mir Hossein Moussavi, had been placed under house arrest.
Some reports indicated that he had been detained. Others said he was at home, conducting meetings but was free to come and go. Guards were stationed outside his house, but it was not immediately clear whether they worked for him or the government.
The streets Sunday wore an uneasy calm, with some residents worried that violence may escalate when Ahmadinejad supporters come out for the victory celebration.
"We are all worried about that," said Yashar Khazdouzian, a student. "People against people is the worst kind of riots in Iran."
Eighty-five percent of the country's 46 million eligible voters went to the polls Friday -- an unprecedented voter turnout, Iran's interior ministry said.
When the ballots were counted, the government declared Ahmadinejad the winner -- with 62.63 percent of the vote.
Watch as Ahmadinejad is declared the winner »
Moussavi, who many analysts had widely expected to win, received 33.75 percent of the vote.
Moussavi disputed the results, blaming "untrustworthy monitors." Independent election observers were banned from polling places.
"The results announced for the 10th presidential elections are astonishing," he said in a statement. "People who stood in long lines and knew well who they voted for were utterly surprised by the magicians working at the television and radio broadcasting."
Angered by the returns, Moussavi's supporters took to the streets Saturday. With handkerchiefs and surgical masks shielding them from the pungency of tear gas, they clashed openly with police in a rare challenge to the regime.
Watch angry protesters take to streets »
Foreign reporters were blocked at every turn from covering the demonstration. The government reportedly shut down access to popular sites, such as Twitter, making it difficult for information to seep out to the outside world.
Immediate reaction around the world was guarded, with the United States and Canada voicing concern over claims of vote irregularities.
"In light of Tehran's ongoing policy, and even more so after Ahmadinejad's re-election, the international community must continue to act uncompromisingly to prevent the nuclearization of Iran, and to halt its activity in support of terror organizations and undermining stability in the Middle East," said Deputy Prime Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
Ahmadinejad hailed the vote, saying it was a "great ordeal" but one that pointed "the way to the future."
"The people of Iran inspired hope for all nations and created a source of pride in the nation and disappointed all the ill wishers," Ahmadinejad said in his television address. "This election was held at a juncture of history."
Analysts had expected Moussavi, a former prime minister regarded as a reformist, to defeat Ahmadinejad.
Moussavi is credited for successfully navigating the Iranian economy during a bloody eight-year war with Iraq in the 1980s. He also enjoyed tremendous support among the youth. Iran's population has a median age of 27.
But Ahmadinejad -- despite being blamed for Iran's economic turmoil over the past four years -- maintains staunch support in rural areas.
updated 15 minutes ago
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prepared to hold a victory rally Sunday, a day after he was declared the winner of the country's presidential election, spurring violent street protests from opposition supporters who claimed ballot fraud.
Thousands of demonstrators, shouting "Death to the dictatorship" and "We want freedom," burned police motorcycles, tossed rocks through store windows and set trash cans on fire on Saturday. Riot police charged back, spraying demonstrators with tear gas and clubbing many with batons.
Ahmadinejad, who defended his "completely free" re-election in a television address Saturday night, is expected to again speak with reporters before the Sunday victory rally.
There were conflicting reports on whether Ahmadinejad's challenger, Mir Hossein Moussavi, had been placed under house arrest.
Some reports indicated that he had been detained. Others said he was at home, conducting meetings but was free to come and go. Guards were stationed outside his house, but it was not immediately clear whether they worked for him or the government.
The streets Sunday wore an uneasy calm, with some residents worried that violence may escalate when Ahmadinejad supporters come out for the victory celebration.
"We are all worried about that," said Yashar Khazdouzian, a student. "People against people is the worst kind of riots in Iran."
Eighty-five percent of the country's 46 million eligible voters went to the polls Friday -- an unprecedented voter turnout, Iran's interior ministry said.
When the ballots were counted, the government declared Ahmadinejad the winner -- with 62.63 percent of the vote.
Moussavi, who many analysts had widely expected to win, received 33.75 percent of the vote.
Moussavi disputed the results, blaming "untrustworthy monitors." Independent election observers were banned from polling places.
"The results announced for the 10th presidential elections are astonishing," he said in a statement. "People who stood in long lines and knew well who they voted for were utterly surprised by the magicians working at the television and radio broadcasting."
Angered by the returns, Moussavi's supporters took to the streets Saturday. With handkerchiefs and surgical masks shielding them from the pungency of tear gas, they clashed openly with police in a rare challenge to the regime.
Foreign reporters were blocked at every turn from covering the demonstration. The government reportedly shut down access to popular sites, such as Twitter, making it difficult for information to seep out to the outside world.
Immediate reaction around the world was guarded, with the United States and Canada voicing concern over claims of vote irregularities.
"In light of Tehran's ongoing policy, and even more so after Ahmadinejad's re-election, the international community must continue to act uncompromisingly to prevent the nuclearization of Iran, and to halt its activity in support of terror organizations and undermining stability in the Middle East," said Deputy Prime Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
Ahmadinejad hailed the vote, saying it was a "great ordeal" but one that pointed "the way to the future."
"The people of Iran inspired hope for all nations and created a source of pride in the nation and disappointed all the ill wishers," Ahmadinejad said in his television address. "This election was held at a juncture of history."
Analysts had expected Moussavi, a former prime minister regarded as a reformist, to defeat Ahmadinejad.
Moussavi is credited for successfully navigating the Iranian economy during a bloody eight-year war with Iraq in the 1980s. He also enjoyed tremendous support among the youth. Iran's population has a median age of 27.
But Ahmadinejad -- despite being blamed for Iran's economic turmoil over the past four years -- maintains staunch support in rural areas.
You guys raised a good point. If both camps are going to be in the same place, what is to stop Ahmadinejad to claim they had all come for him? Unless , there are clashes. Perhaps it will be wise not to protest so that it can be seen how many show up to support Ahmadinejad. If there are a lot of them, then whether we like it or not we have to face it.
