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President Terms Election Healthiest, Freest Worldwide

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a live TV address to the nation Tuesday night said the presidential elections held in Iran on June 12 were the healthiest, freest, and the most beautiful worldwide. 
  

He also said the election will be the source of many big developments in the region and the world.

The president said all Iranians realized that the election was a big event, a huge epic and completely clean and sound, because they participated in the election, they held the election, they counted votes and there was no fault in the results in the recounting of the votes.

He added those who raised claims against the soundness of the election could not present a document on fraud in election and the whole nation understood this, the Islamic republic news agency reported.

"It is not acceptable from statesmen to question such a big epic in the country and of course they cannot do so," the president said.

Expounding on Iran's election system, Ahmadinejad said that in Iran, both observers and performers of the election are people, because the executive groups are chosen among trustworthy and reliable people of each neighborhood.

The re-elected president said that around 40 million people participated in the election since early morning to the almost closing time.

He added that Interior ministry had only a supportive role in the election.

"That's why in the last 30 years, we have had 30 elections with different results, which in some cases the results have been far from political analysts' expectations"

Ahmadinejad stressed that in the election, the most opportunities and possibilities were at disposal of the competitors and people registered a permanent epic in the history of Iran with their votes.

He called the election as a new era for Iran and the world and said that many of his counterparts who called him for congratulation, reminded him two points; one the record of democracy which Iranians set was unique and a pattern for the whole world, and second the election was a source of big development in the region and in the world.

Referring to the 85 percent turnout in election, Ahmadinejad reminded if there were more possibilities, the figure of participants could be higher, because the whole Iranian nation are sensitive to and interested in their country.

He said that Iran's election was a great event that affected widely Iran's foreign and domestic issues.

"The main reason for interference of the enemies in the election was its glorious and magnificent effects as a unique election in the world," President Ahmadinejad said.

Another reason for aliens' interference was that the Iranians reconfirmed 30 years of revolution and the four-year period of the government.

Ahmadinejad also talked about "considerable changes" in the 10th government and added that he intended to constantly report his work to the nation.

He noted that social freedom is a principle adding that, "we have freedom in our country now and we should expand freedom to all parts, although I am opposed to radical materialism and remission."