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Why Ahmadinejad Could Still Lose

While incumbent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declares victory, runner-up candidate says it's fraud. Iranian university student Telmah Parsa on the divergent groups—Iran’s young hipsters versus their deeply religious parents—that may have swayed presidential election, and why the country’s semi-democratic process is still much richer than the Middle East’s other faux elections.

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