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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei (L) formally endorses Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) as president in
Tehran, capital of Iran, Aug. 3, 2009. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally
endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president on Monday against the backdrop
of opposition leaders' outcry for investigating the disputed presidential
elections in June, the English-language Press TV reported. (Xinhua
photo)
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TEHRAN, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Iran's supreme leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president on
Monday against the backdrop of opposition leaders' outcry for investigating the
disputed presidential elections in June, the English-language Press TV reported.
"Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has
just endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran's next president," Press TV said.
"The official ceremony was held in the presence of
the heads of the three Executive, Legislative and Judiciary branches of the
Islamic establishment and a number of political and military figures and foreign
ambassadors in Tehran," the report said.
In the decree of endorsement, Khamenei said that "I
endorse the vote of people and appoint this brave, hardworking and intelligent
man to the presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran."
For his part, Ahmadinejad pointed out that "In the
recent election, the discourse of the (Islamic) revolution was re-elected and
... there is a brighter future before us which adds to the weight of our
responsibilities."
On June 13, the Iranian Interior Ministry announced
incumbent President Ahmadinejad won 62.63 percent of the total ballots, while
his main rival Mir-Hossein Mousavi got 33.75 percent. The case was later
approved by Iran's Guardian Council, the top legislative body of the country.
After the official declaration, the defeated
candidates filed complaints over irregularities in the election, while Mousavi
demanded an annulment of the election.
Iran's supreme leader has expressed his strong
support for the elected president and hailed the massive turn-out of the people
in the June 12 election.
Iran puts 10 more post-election
"rioters" on trial
TEHRAN, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Iran put 10 more post-election
"rioters" on trial on Sunday, the local ISNA news agency reported.
10 more cases of post-election "rioters" were put on
trial in a revolutionary court in Tehran on Sunday, ISNA quoted an unidentified
judiciary official as saying. Full story
Iran's Ahmadinejad denies discord with
supreme leader
TEHRAN, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad on Friday said that there were no discord between him and Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"The enemies' dream of seeing differences between the
supreme leader and the president of Iran would never be fulfilled," Ahmadinejad
was quoted as saying at a meeting of academics in the northeastern city of
Mashhad. Full story
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