Hundreds of thousands in Iran protest vote result - Los Angeles Times

           Ben Curtis  Associated Press

The supreme leader orders the hard-line Guardian Council to examine challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi's claims of fraud in the vote reelecting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

By Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim
8:12 PM PDT, June 15, 2009

Reporting from Tehran -- Hundreds of thousands of Iranian protesters defied authorities Monday and marched to Tehran's Freedom Square, as the Islamic Republic's supreme leader ordered an investigation into allegations of voter fraud that the opposition described as little more than an attempt to dampen anger over the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Hundreds of thousands in Iran protest vote result - Los Angeles Times

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