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Ayatollah calls for calm in Iran

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Iran's Supreme Leader has insisted there was no fraud in the recent presidential election and warned that protests about the result must end.

In his first public remarks since unrest sparked by poll, Ayatollah Khamenei voiced his support for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The official results gave Mr Ahmadinejad 63% of the vote against 34% for his main election rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi.

John Leyne reports from Tehran.

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