Ayatollah: Iran vote was 'definitive victory'

Iran’s supreme leader says there was “definitive victory” and no rigging in disputed presidential elections that set off days of unprecedented protests.

Iran’s supreme leader says there was “definitive victory” and no rigging in disputed presidential elections that set off days of unprecedented protests.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei offered no concession to opposition supporters who are demanding the elections be cancelled and held again.

He blamed Britain and Iran’s external enemies for the unrest, vigorously defending the ruling system in his first public comments since supporters of challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi flooded the streets.

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