Iran vote underway; Ayatollah Khamenei tells U.S. to go to hell Iran's supreme leader delivered a salty rebuke to the U.S. Friday as Iranians lined up to vote in a presidential election that has suddenly become a showdown across the Islamic Republic's political divide: Hard-liners looking to cement their control and re-energized reformists backing the lone moderate left in the race.
June 14, 2013 - San Jose Mercury News
Iran's supreme leader pushes Iranians to vote in defiance of US Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was the first to vote in crucial presidential elections today, as he implored fellow Iranians to affirm the legitimacy of the Islamic Republic by voting – and cursed arch-foe America’s dismissal of the process.
June 14, 2013 - Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News