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TEHRAN - Hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that Iran's presidential election, which he won by a landslide, was "completely free" and a "great victory."
"Today, the people of Iran have inspired other nations and disappointed their ill-wishers," Ahmadinejad said in his first address to the nation after being declared victorious in the 10th presidential election held Friday.
He also called on his supporters to gather on Sunday at 5:00 pm (1230 GMT) in the capital's Vali Asr Square. Sunday is the birth anniversary of Fatima Zahra, daughter of the Prophet Mohammad.
The square was on Saturday the site of clashes between police and angry supporters of Ahmadinejad's main rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi, who blamed vote "rigging" for his defeat at the hands of the president.
- AFP /ls
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