Ahmadinejad rivals rout president in Iran runoff

[mandym]

TEHRAN, Iran – Supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have been reduced to a small fraction in Iran's legislature, hugely outnumbered by the conservatives who once backed him but then turned against him after he was perceived to challenge the authority of top clerics, according to final results from a runoff parliamentary election announced Saturday.

Iran has touted the turnout for Friday's vote as a show of support for the country's religious leadership in their confrontation with the West over Tehran's controversial nuclear program.

The result is also a new humiliation for Ahmadinejad, whose political decline started last year with his bold but failed challenge of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over the choice of intelligence chief

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[mont974x4]

It's bad news when Ahmadinejad is voted out for not being enough of a religious nut.

 

[billwald]

Or maybe Iran elections are more honest than US elections.

 

[mandym]

Or maybe Iran elections are more honest than US elections.

Yes, we all believe that one.