Iranian expats, children living in US cast ballots in Mideast country’s presidential election

August 29th, 2009 Karzai increases lead to 46 pct in Afghan electionKABUL — President Hamid Karzai widened his lead in Afghanistan's presidential race as new vote tallies were released Saturday, inching closer to the 50 percent threshold of votes he needs to avoid a run-off. As Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission slowly releases partial results from the Aug.

July 31st, 2009 Iran blames foreign countries for protester deathsTEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian foreign minister is blaming foreign countries for the deaths of opposition supporters in Iran's post-election turmoil. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets since the June 12 presidential election, claiming the vote was fraudulent.

June 27th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran's Guardian Council has offered opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi a deal to settle the dispute over alleged fraud in the June 12 presidential election. Council spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei said a special committee would be formed to review the disputed election results that gave President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a controversial victory.

June 25th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iranian authorities arrested 70 academics after they met opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi, the defeated presidential candidate's website said Thursday. The report did not clarify where the university professors, who are all members of the Islamic Associations of their universities, were brought after Wednesday's arrests.

June 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration sent a letter to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for an improvement in relations, prior to the June 12 disputed presidential elections, which were followed by massive people protests. Ayatollah Khamenei confirmed the letter toward the end of a lengthy sermon on Friday, in which he accused the United States of fomenting protests in his country in the aftermath of the disputed June 12 presidential election.

June 23rd, 2009 Obama questions legitimacy of Iranian electionWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is questioning the legitimacy of the disputed Iranian election that has triggered days of street protests. In a White House news conference Tuesday, he said it is impossible to know what happened at polling places during the June 12 election because there were no international monitors in place.

June 18th, 2009 Former Democratic chief supports US stance on IranWASHINGTON — Former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean gave the Obama administration high marks Thursday for its arms-length response to the disputed presidential election in Iran. "For the United States to overtly interfere with this would be a big mistake," Dean said in a nationally broadcast interview.

June 17th, 2009 US official denies charge of interference in IranWASHINGTON — The State Department is disputing an allegation by the Iranian government that the United States is meddling excessively in its internal affairs. State Department spokesman P.J.

June 16th, 2009 Obama: Iran supreme leader worried about electionWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he believes supreme leader Ayatollah ali Khamenei has deep concerns about the civil unrest that has followed the hotly contested presidential election there. Obama repeated Tuesday at a news conference his "deep concerns" about the disputed balloting.

June 13th, 2009 Iran opposition candidate condemns election fraudTEHRAN, Iran — The main Iranian opposition candidate has issued a strong condemnation of what he describes as "violations" in the Iranian presidential election. Mir Hossein Mousavi said on his Web site Saturday that he won't "surrender to this manipulation" and warned that certain officials' conduct in the election is "shaking the pillars" of the country's political system.

June 13th, 2009 LONDON - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken an "unassailable lead" in the presidential election, according to official figures. As the official results show 52-year-old Ahmadinejad would be back for a second term, his supporters began pouring on to the streets of the capital city Tehran.

June 12th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Iranians settled in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mysore cities Friday cast their votes in the presidential elections at the Iranian consulate here. About 5,000 Iranians living in these three south Indian cities were eligible to vote at the Iranian consulate in Banjara Hills.

June 12th, 2009 Breakdown of Iranian electorateA look at Iran's electorate SIZE: There are 46.2 million eligible voters in a population of about 70 million. About a third of the voters are under 30 — born after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

June 12th, 2009 Expats in US vote in Iranian presidential electionLOS ANGELES — Iranian expatriates and their children living in the United States cast ballots Friday in the Middle Eastern country's heated presidential election between incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his main rival, a reformist who favors greater freedoms and improved ties with the U.S. Voters around the country gathered at 41 election sites, mostly at hotels and mosques staffed by volunteers.

February 7th, 2009 TEHRAN - Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami Sunday confirmed press reports that he will run against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the presidential election in June. 'I herewith announce my serious intention to take part in the June 12 presidential elections,' Khatami, 65, told reporters in Tehran.