TEHRAN (Reuters) -- Iranian state television has reported that a partial recount of the vote in the country's disputed June 12 presidential election had verified the result.
Official results released a day after the election showed hard-line President Mahmud Ahmadinejad had won by a landslide, but his main moderate challenger, Mir Hossein Musavi, said the vote was rigged and called for it to be annulled.
Iran's official English-language Press TV said in a scrolling headline: "Iran: partial vote recount verifies election result." It did not give details.
Meanwhile, Iranian riot police clashed with opposition protesters in southern Tehran but there were no casualties, a witness told Reuters. "Riot police clashed with the protesters and used tear gas to desperse the crowd," the witness said.
Official results released a day after the election showed hard-line President Mahmud Ahmadinejad had won by a landslide, but his main moderate challenger, Mir Hossein Musavi, said the vote was rigged and called for it to be annulled.
Iran's official English-language Press TV said in a scrolling headline: "Iran: partial vote recount verifies election result." It did not give details.
Meanwhile, Iranian riot police clashed with opposition protesters in southern Tehran but there were no casualties, a witness told Reuters. "Riot police clashed with the protesters and used tear gas to desperse the crowd," the witness said.
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