TEHRAN, Iran – Riot police battled with protesters Saturday as officials announced that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won a landslide election victory. His opponent denounced the results as “treason”. The violence broke out as Iran’s interior minister said that Ahmadinejad had gained 62.6 percent of the vote. NBC News reported “violent clashes” between rock-throwing protesters and police in the center of Tehran.
