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Iran’s Disputed Vote: Will a Recount Calm the Streets?
The Iran election results showed a landslide victory for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and sparked Tehran’s worst violence in ten years. Jonathan Marcus, BBC’s Diplomatic Correspondent, joins The Takeaway from Tehran to explain the ongoing crisis.
The Iran election results showed a landslide victory for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?and sparked Tehran’s worst violence in 10 years.The spokesman for Iran’s Guardian Council says it is ready to do a recount of specific ballot boxes where candidates say irregularities occurred. Jonathan Marcus, Diplomatic Correspondent for the BBC, is in Tehran to explain the ongoing crisis.