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Leader Warns Enemies to Keep Away from Iran's Internal Affairs

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei once again lambasted the interfering remarks by certain western countries on Iran, warning them that they should wait for the Iranian nation's strong reaction if they don't stop meddling in the country's domestic affairs. 
   
 
"Such governments should be careful with their hostile remarks and behavior, because the Iranian nation will show reaction (against such behavior)," Ayatollah Khamenei said, while addressing a public meeting to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Shiite Muslims' first Imam, Hazrat Ali Ibn-e Abi Taleb (PBUH), in Tehran on Monday.

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Qotbi Remains Iran National Football Team Manager Until 2011

Iran's national football team manager Afshin Qotbi will remain in the post until the end of Asian Cup 2011 campaign. 

Iranian football federation and Qotbi made the final agreement on the financial issues and he will remain the head coach at least until 2011, the Iranian students news agency reported.

The contract is also extendable until World Cup 2014.

Qotbi will sign the contract next week in Tehran.
 

Ahmadinejad's Campaign Manager Calls Election Fair, Square

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election campaign Manager Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi said that Iran's electoral process was fair and healthy.

In an interview with press tv on Thursday, Samareh Hashemi said that the supporters of the defeated candidates knew fully well that "the result of the election was true".

He went on to claim that this knowledge was the reason behind the refusal of Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Mohsen Rezaei to send representatives to the committee tasked with probing the vote result.       ........................

Leader Praises Iranians' Turnout in Presidential Election

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei lauded the Iranian nation's overwhelming participation in the June 12 presidential election in the country, saying the unprecedented 85% turnout of voters rattled the enemy.
 
 
 

Addressing millions of people in the largest congregational prayers in the post-revolution era in Tehran on Friday, the Supreme Leader said the high turnout in the election, which witnessed more than 40 million Iranians casting their votes, was a great manifestation of people's solidarity with the Islamic establishment.

Ayatollah Khamenei said that last Friday's election indicated a "common sense of responsibility" of the Iranian nation to determine the future of the country, press tv reported.

The Leader added that all those who took part in the election proved their "political consciousness and commitment" towards the establishment to the whole world. 

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Urgent-Final Election Results :

Ahmadinejad Wins Iran's Presidential Election

The Iranian nation endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's anti-corruption agenda and elected the Principlist candidate for a second 4-year term in office. 
  

According to Iran's election headquarters, from a total number of 39,165,191 ballots cast in Iran's 10th presidential election on Friday June 12, Ahmadinejad won 24,527,516 votes, which accounts for 62.63% of the votes, while his main rival Mir-Hossein Mousavi could secure only 13,216,411 (33.75%) of the votes.

Principlist politician and former chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Mohsen Rezai Mir-Qaed stood third with 678,240 votes (1.73%) and former Iranian Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karroubi came last with 333,635 votes (0.85%) cast in his favor.

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Iran Mourns 20th Anniversary of Imam Khomeini Demise

A commemorative ceremony kicked off in Tehran on Thursday to mourn the 20th anniversary of the demise of the Founder of the Islamic Republic, the late Imam Khomeini. 
  

Iranians from all walks of life have gathered at the mausoleum of the late Imam Khomeini to commemorate his tragic departure and also to renew their allegiance to his ideals.

More than 1.5 million foreign dignitaries, ordinary people and senior Iranian officials are attending the mourning ceremony, the Islamic republic news agency reported.     ...........................

Cleric: Clues of US, Israel's Involvement in Zahedan Bombing Discernable

Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said clues of the involvement of the US and Israel in the recent bombing of a mosque in Zahedan were discernable. 
  

Making the remark at Tehran University campus while addressing thousands of people gathered for the congregational ceremony, Ayatollah Khatami condemned the bombing of a mosque in the city of Zahedan in southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan Thursday evening, which killed 25 and injured 125 others.

He said the powerful Islamic establishment in Iran will surely identify the elements behind the terrorist act and punish them, the Islamic republic news agency reported.    ......................

Suspected Zahedan Bombers Arrested

Governor of Sistan-Baluchistan Province in southeastern Iran said the culprits behind a bombing in the city of Zahedan, which killed 19, have been arrested. 
 

"Iran's intelligence and security forces took into custody a number of prime suspects in the Zahedan bombing," Ali-Mohammad Azad said, press tv reported.

He added that the suspects are being interrogated in the province's general intelligence department.

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Ahmadinejad Defends Presence in US Backyard

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended his government's strategy of prioritizing Latin America in Iran's foreign policy.
 
 
 

In a Radio program broadcast on Wednesday, Ahmadinejad lashed out at critics of his government's foreign policies.

"One of these gentlemen (rival candidates) still cannot understand the world affairs and this is why he asks us why we have focused on Latin America," Ahmadinejad was qouted by Press tv as saying.

His remarks were made after presidential hopeful Mir-Hossein Mousavi slammed the Ahmadinejad government's policy of getting closer to Latin American states.

"Instead of investing in Iran's neighboring countries, the government has focused on Latin American states and focused on them. The President has obviously failed to get his priorities right," said Moussavi in his first televised speech.

"When the Western countries were trying to isolate Iran, we went to the US backyard and I even delivered my strongest anti-US speech in Nicaragua," Ahmadinejad hit back at Mousavi.

"Our active presence in Latin America was a very wise move," he added.

Earlier this month, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said that she was "deeply disturbed" by Iran's close relations and growing influence in Latin America, which the US considers as its strategic backyard.

Official: Economic Sanctions Beneficial to Iran

The economic sanctions imposed on Iran by certain world powers have proved beneficial to the country, a senior Iranian official said Wednesday.
 
 
 

"The economic sanctions revived the spirit of self-confidence in us and this spirit will remain in the future," Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei's Representative to the force, Ali Shirazi, said while addressing a meeting of officials and commanders of the naval force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran.      ......................