Wednesday, June 17, 2009

UNCONFIRMED REPORTS: Man who leaked election results from Interior Ministry killed in Suspicious Car accident

FROM THE GUARDIAN LIVE BLOG: Iran Protests: Live

...writes Saeed Kamali Dehghan in Tehran..

Mohammad Asgari, who was responsible for the security of the IT network in Iran's interior ministry, was killed yesterday in Tehran. Asgari had reportedly leaked results that showed the elections were rigged by government use of new software to alter the votes from the provinces. Asgari was said to have leaked information that showed Mousavi had won almost 19 million votes, and should therefore be president...(Guardian.co.uk).

More Details to Follow: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2009/jun/17/iran-uprising

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