History+of+Conflict

This conflict started with the tenth Iranian election. It was held on June 12, 2009. The incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ran against three challengers, Mir-Hossien Mousavi, Mohsen Rezaee, Mehdi Karroubi. The announcment came on the news that with only two thirds of the votes counted Ahmadinejad had won the election with 63% of the votes cast and Mousavi had come in second with 33% of the votes cast. European union, United kingdom and several western countries had a concern about poll irregularities during the vote. Also America, Europe and other western media questions the authenticity of the votes. Mousavi wasnt pleased with the way the elections turned out and stated "I'm warning that I won't surrender to this charade." he asked his supporters to protest this decision but should not use any acts of violence. Protests started breaking out on the favor of Mousavi in Tehran. The Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the natio to unite behind Ahmadinejad and labeled his victory as "divine assessment." Mousavi launched an official appeal against the result to the guardian council. Khamenei announced there would be an investagation on the vote rigging claims and told them it woud take seven to ten days. On june 16 they announced they were gonna recount the votes. Mousiva announced that an illegid 14 million unused ballods were missing therefore the chance of throwing off the final tally. On June 29 irans electorial board completed the final recount and Ahmadinejad had won the election.