It triggered mass rallies by rival candidates and their supporters, who alleged the vote was rigged. The street violence and political confrontation that followed also exposed deep divisons in Iran's ruling elite and further strained its ties with the west.
The defeated candiddates, Mir Hossein Mousavi (former Prime Minister), Mehdi karroubi (former speaker of the parliament) and Mohsen Rezaee (former head of the Revolutionary Guard) demandeda rerun of the poll. The spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the demand. Ahmadinejad sworn for a new four-year term in August. Many people had died during protesters and more than two thousand persons including top reformists and aides of opposition leaders were arrested on chares of rioting. Ahmedenejad accused with the hardliners within the ruling establishment and was forced to sack his relative Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie , from the postof the First Vice President.
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