Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 25

22-Jun-2009

IRAN

Political And Economic Outlook After The Iranian Elections

The announcement that Irans incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won the 12 June elections with a landslide majority in the first round has surprised most Iranians, who felt that they had been cheated and used by the regime. The authorities stressed that the results were an accurate reflection of the wishes of the people, but the two reformist candidates, Mir Hossein Mussavi...