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Iran's Ahmadinejad, rival both claim election win
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Updated: 2009-06-13 10:15

Iran's Ahmadinejad, rival both claim election win

A boy looks up while holding his father's identification documents at a polling station in the village of Zabolmahalleh near Bandar Turkmen seaport city on the southeastern coast of the Caspian Sea, 410 km (256 miles) northeast of Tehran, June 12, 2009. [Agencies]Iran's Ahmadinejad, rival both claim election win

News story:Ahmadinejad, rival both claim win

Iran's interior ministry said President Ahmadinejad took a commanding lead with nearly 70% of all votes counted, but his rival countered that he was the clear victor.