"Iranians turned out in very large numbers to vote in the hotly-contested presidential election as Election Commission officials and independent observers estimated that the turnout would exceed 70 percent.

"Mehr News Agency correspondents from around the country have reported a huge turnout everywhere and some have called the people's massive participation in the election 'astonishing'. Long queues formed even before the polling stations opened.

"Some polling stations ran out of ballots, but the people were so enthusiastic to vote that they waited for electoral officials to bring more ballots.

"The polling stations opened officially at 8:00 a.m. local time. Voting was scheduled to end at 6:00 p.m. but was extended for several hours to accommodate the crush of voters.

"About 46.2 million Iranians -- out of a total population of 70.4 million -- are eligible to vote."

President Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won with over 63% of the ballot. This means that over 20.37 million Iranians, out of 32.34 million who cast a vote, voted for him to remain as their president. A very convincing endorsement indeed.

Zionist-owned disinformation media are seething at this result of course and attempting, as usual, to mislead the public with their lies and propaganda. See, for example, this article on Information Clearing House.