The Times – Leading Article: Zealots take fright when their zealotry is challenged. Within hours of the polls closing in Iran's turbulent election, the clerical establishment declared President Ahmadinejad the winner – not just by a credible razor-thin majority but by an absurd and falsified two thirds of the vote. The attempt to impart a veneer of democratic legitimacy to a regime widely hated for its authoritarian intolerance, economic incompetence and corruption backfired.
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Irans leader emerges with a stronger hand
New York Times: The jokes among Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s detractors are legion. In one, he looks in the mirror and says, “Male lice to the right, female lice to the left.” Iran vote body to rule on election appeal in 10 days
Reuters: Iran's top legislative body, the Guardian Council, said on Monday it had received two official complaints from defeated presidential candidates and would issue its ruling within 10 days. Foreign media say Iran blocking coverage of protests
AFP: Several foreign news organisations complained Sunday that Iranian authorities were blocking their reporters from covering protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election. Biden casts doubt on Ahmadinejad’s re-election
Reuters: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday cast doubt on the re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying Tehran's actions against dissent suggest the results may not be clear-cut. Mousavi calls for cancellation of Iran vote result
AFP: Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi said on Sunday he has requested to the powerful Guardians Council to cancel the result of the presidential poll. President signals no change in Iran’s nuclear policy
Reuters: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran's nuclear issue "belongs in the past" on Sunday, indicating there would be no change in nuclear policy during his second term in office. 
