Jun 19th, 2009 - UPI
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TEHRAN, June 19 (UPI) -- Iran's supreme leader Friday appealed for calm and criticized those who questioned the results of the presidential vote, sparking massive protests.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke for the first time since the turmoil percolated from last Friday's presidential election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the landslide winner over his nearest challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi, prompting cries of vote fraud and huge daily protests.
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