Posted on 06/30/2008 11:49:03 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
IRAN today said it "respects" the outcome of Zimbabwe's one-man presidential election which saw veteran incumbent Robert Mugabe stay in power but was denounced as a farce by the West.
"We respect the will of the Zimbabwean people expressed in the second round of the presidential elections, whatever it is," foreign ministry Mohammad Ali Hosseini said.
"We hope that these results are in the interest of the independence and the development of Zimbabwe," he added, according to the ISNA student news agency.
Mr Mugabe was sworn in for a sixth term after being declared the winner of Friday's election runoff in a race boycotted by opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai because of deadly violence and voter intimidation.
Iran has been one of the few countries outside Africa to have strong relations with Mr Mugabe's Zimbabwe in recent years and the controversial President made an official visit to the Islamic republic in November 2006.
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Birds of a bloody feather!!!!
The whole world is starting to look like Chicago…
Detroit on a larger scale.
Monkey boy would agree with ANYTHING that would displease us or be against the western civilizations of this earth.
The folks in Zim put him in power in the first place. This is no different than those who put Hamas into power. Does anyone really expect Hamas to give up their power after a mere election?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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