Iran protests mount as Ahmadinejad wins landslide

June 13, 2009

Hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a crushing victory in Iran's hotly-disputed presidential vote, according to official results on Saturday. Riot police were out in Tehran as thousands of supporters of his defeated rival Mir Hossein Mousavi took to the streets. The moderate ex-premier Mousavi cried foul over election irregularities.