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Presidential elections were held in Iran on 12 June 2009, [1] [2] with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes counted, Ahmadinejad had won the election with 62% of the votes cast, [3] and that Mir-Hossein Mousavi had received 34% of the votes cast.
The 2009 Iranian presidential election was characterized by huge candidate rallies in Iranian cities, [1] and very high turnout reported to be over 80 percent. [2] Iran holds a run-off election when no candidate receives a majority of votes, and this would have been held on 19 June 2009. [1]
One of the largest protests was organized by United For Iran and held on 25 July 2009 in over 100 cities all over the world. [211] Although the 2009 Iranian presidential election was widely disputed, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent a traditional congratulatory message [212] to Ahmadinejad upon his inauguration.
On 16 June, President Nicolas Sarkozy branded Iran's election result a "fraud," saying the subsequent unrest was a direct result of Ahmadinejad's failings in his first term. [16] German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that "the German government is very concerned about the current situation." The chancellor demanded more information from ...
See Politics of Iran for more details. Until January 2007, when it was raised to 18, the voting age was 15 years, the lowest globally at the time. [1] The most recent Iranian presidential election was held on 28 June 2024 and the most recent legislative election on 1 March 2024.
Pages in category "2009 Iranian presidential election" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Following the 2009 Iranian presidential election, protests against alleged electoral fraud and in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi occurred in Tehran and other major cities in Iran and around the world starting after the disputed presidential election on 2009 June 12 [1] and continued even after the inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad as President of Iran ...
In protest against the results of the 2009 Iranian presidential election, demonstrators took to the streets on 27 December 2009, [7] coinciding with Ashura, a Shia holy day.