Iranian news: Ahmadinejad wins.

[Drunken Irishman]

But that is state-run news, so of course they're most likely just a mouth piece for Ahmadinejad.

[JuniperLea]

1. I hope that's a "Dewey Wins!" moment... eom

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Well there will be. Both sides reporting victory.

Though Mousavi has hard numbers, saying he won 65% of the vote. Ahmadinejad hasn't reported any possible victory numbers.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. It's hard to believe that both sides can claim an outright win.

I mean, it's a runoff system with multiple candidates. It's damn hard for any one person to get over 50%, much less have two people close enough that they might claim to do so. Actually, scratch that - it's mathematically impossible.

[Drunken Irishman]

6. I think it's quite normal in this region.

They claim victory so they can later protest defeat.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

12. Oh yeah, I follow you there, absolutely.

It's just mind-numbing in its transparency here.

[grantcart]

4. Mousavi claims "Definite Victory" projects 65% of the vote

competing threads now in LBN

Al jazeera showing both sides here

http://www.livestation.com/channels/3-al_jazeera_english

[Drunken Irishman]

7. I can't get AJ to work! :(

[grantcart]

9. try again

http://www.livestation.com/channels/3-al_jazeera_english

This is their website

http://english.aljazeera.net/

Its very good, I can't see any real difference between them and BBC.

[Drunken Irishman]

11. I got it to work!

[jberryhill]

5. Norm Coleman is Challenging That.... breaking /nt

[Fleshdancer]

20. ROFL!

:rofl:

[invictus]

8. That headline is fake. They have not even begun counting votes and would not be finished for several

days.

[grantcart]

10. no IRNA is fake, that is what they are saying

so far only 20% counted.

[Drunken Irishman]

13. Unfortunately, it looks like Ahmadinejad has won.

[ericgtr]

15. That's all you have to back it up? n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

16. Well the fact he's up with 69% with 20% of the vote in...

That's going to be hard for someone to overcome. It's possible, but we'll see.

[ericgtr]

17. If true it seems hard to believe.. All the people in the streets tell a different story

Millions and millions throughout the week and none were for Admididahandjob (sp?)

[Drunken Irishman]

18. The numbers will come down...

Once the major urban areas start to show. However, that's a big hill to climb and I'm not betting on Ahmadinejad losing.

If he wins, it won't be with 69% of the vote. It'll probably fall into the 50s.

[SuperTrouper]

19. That is 69% of the fraudulent Hugo Chavez-like vote

[DCBob]

21. If true its total vote fraud.

I guess that it all we can expect from a country like Iran.

[Drunken Irishman]

22. Not quite.

These are rural areas being counted, which heavily favor Ahmadinejad. It's very likely his numbers will go down once the urban areas are counted.

[DCBob]

23. Al Jazeera is now reporting it's basically over. Ahmadinejad has won.

:(

[Drunken Irishman]

24. Yes, he's going to win.

But it won't be with 69% of the vote.

It sucks, but he probably ran it up in the rural areas and held his own in many urban parts of the country.

:(

[TheKentuckian]

14. Unfortunately, Iranian Presidents are just there for the "Beeblebrox factor"

Pure distraction from power figureheads. The Ayatollahs still rule.