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INSTANT VIEW - Foreign politicians react to Iranian election

Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:30pm IST
 
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(Reuters) - Hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defeated moderate challenger Mirhossein Mousavi by a surprisingly wide margin in Iran's presidential election, official results showed on Saturday. Mousavi derided the tally as a "dangerous charade".

Here are some views on the outcome of Friday's vote from other countries and politicians in these countries:

ISRAEL

DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DANNY AYALON:

"With the results of the election in Iran, the international community must stop a nuclear Iran and Iranian terror immediately.

"If there was a shadow of hope for a change in Iran, the renewed choice of Ahmadinejad expresses more than anything the growing Iranian threat," Ayalon said in a statement.

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