Iranians vote in droves; Ahmedinejad faces challenge
Mousavi says vote monitoring curbed, SMS shut down TEHRAN, June 12 (Reuters) - Iranians streamed to polling stations on Friday in a hotly contested election which pits hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against a former prime minister who wants a thaw in ties with the West. Long queues formed at voting centres in the capital Tehran and elsewhere and the Interior Ministry said it expected a turnout of more than 70 percent. Some people said they had waited for more than two hours to cast ballots. "Turnout is unprecedented," said ...
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