Iran opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, who had refused to accept Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election, revealed on Monday in a major position shift that he now recognised the hardliner as president. Karroubi's son, Hossein, told AFP about his father's new stance, making him the first opposition leader to explicitly accept Ahmadinejad's victory in the June 12 poll which ...

Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi who had refused to accept the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, now recognises the hardliner as the country's "president", Karroubi's son told AFP on Monday. Hossein Karroubi quoted his father as saying: "I am still of the same belief that the election was unhealthy and massively rigged. But since the (supreme) leader (Ayatollah ...

Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi who had refused to accept the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, now recognises the hardliner as the country's "president", Karroubi's son told AFP on Monday. Hossein Karroubi quoted his father as saying: "I am still of the same belief that the election was unhealthy and massively rigged. "But since the (supreme) leader (Ayatollah ...

The political party of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi called on Sunday for the holding of a free election and permission to stage demonstrations, its website said. The Etemad Melli party also insisted the reformist cleric, who charges that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in June last year was the result of fraud, had the evidence to back up ...