Topic: Council of Guardians of the Constitution

What are Mousavi's options now?

Iran's supreme leader ordered the Guardian Council to investigate the candidate's claims of electoral fraud. But the council is headed by a cleric cut from the same cloth as President Ahmadinejad.

Opinion: Iran's protests do not a revolution make

Ahmadinejad's reelection signals an end to an internal power struggle that has been under way for 20 years.

The Monitor's View: Who was really cheated in Iran's vote? Women.

The West shouldn't cozy up to a regime that rigs elections against feminist candidates.

Ahmadinejad hails controversial victory, despite protests

Street clashes between security forces and supporters of challenger Mousavi picked up after dark on Sunday after President Ahmadinejad addressed thousands of his supporters in Tehran.

In Iran vote, conservatives set to retain power

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hard-line allies and other conservative factions are expected to win a majority in the 290-seat parliament.

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