Clashes break out after Ahmadinejad wins vote

Iranian riot police clashed with supporters of the main opposition candidate in disputed presidential elections as incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner by a landslide today.

Demonstrators wearing the trademark green colour of Mir Hossein Mousavi chanted slogans condemning the results that gave 62.6% of the vote to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.