Iran forges ahead with plans to appoint Ahmadinejad

Iran moved a step closer to a final election victory declaration for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today when a leading critic of the voting announced he was withdrawing his objections "for the good of the country".

Mohsen Rezaie, a former commander of the feared government-supporting Revolutionary Guards, told the elections supervisory body, the Guardian Council, he had intended to follow up his accusations.