Ahmadinejad confirmed as Iranian president.Summary: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  This article or section may contain inappropriate or misinterpreted which do not the text.Please help [ improve this article] by checking for inaccuracies. has been confirmed as president and a row over his June 12 re-election has ended, Iran has said. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been confirmed as president and a row over his June 12 re-election has ended, Iran has said. The Guardian Council The Guardian Council of the Constitution[1] (Persian: شورای نگهبان قانون اساسی) is the upper chamber within the constitution of the Islamic , the country's top legislative body, said a partial recount on Monday had disproved complaints of irregularities by pro-reform opponents. There has been little sign of major unrest in the capital Tehran of late, in contrast to protests by tens of thousands that erupted when the hardliner Noun 1. hardliner - a conservative who is uncompromising conservative, conservativist - a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas hardliner n → partidario/a de la línea dura was first declared winner of the presidential poll. Opposition supporters say the vote was rigged to favour Mr Ahmadinejad over reformist rivals including Mir Hossein Mousavi, who came second. Mr Mousavi had rejected the idea of a recount and sent no representatives to watch it. At least 20 people died in subsequent violence which the government and opposition blamed on one another. Pro-government Basij militia militia (məlĭsh`ə), military organization composed of citizens enrolled and trained for service in times of national emergency. Its ranks may be filled either by enlistment or conscription. and riot police riot police n → policía antidisturbios riot police n → forces fpl de police intervenant en cas d'émeute; hundreds of riot police → broke up the protests. State broadcaster IRIB IRIB Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting said: "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 poll and its turbulent aftermath have exposed splits in Iran's political establishment and plunged the country into its deepest crisis since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. But options for the opposition look limited now the election result has been officially upheld, after the recount of what the council said was a random 10 per cent of the vote. On June 19, Supreme Leader Ayatollah ayatollah: see Shiites. ayatollah In the Shiite branch of Islam, a high-ranking religious authority regarded by his followers as the most learned person of his age. The ayatollah's authority rests on the infallible imam. Ali Khamenei signalled that mass protests would no longer be tolerated. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Iran's rulers are still likely to face internal opposition. "They have a huge credibility gap credibility gap n. 1. Public skepticism about the truth of statements, especially official claims and pronouncements: "The credibility gap [is] with their own people as to the election process. And I don't think that's going to disappear by any finding of a limited review of a relatively small number of ballots," she said. Asked if Washington would recognise Ahmadinejad as president of the world's fifth biggest oil exporter, she said: "We're going to take this a day at a time." Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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