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Al-Arabiya: According To Iranian Interior Ministry Leak, Mousavi Won

The Al-Arabiya website reported yesterday from Tehran, based on a leak by employees in the vote-counting apparatus in Iran's Interior Ministry, that the real winner in Iran's presidential election on Friday was Mir Hossein Mousavi, with 21 million votes – 57% of the 37 million votes cast.

According to the report, the ministry faked the elections using a computer program, and issued results that had been prepared ahead of time.

Source: Alarabiya, June 15, 2009

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