Partial recount shows Iran's vote valid

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Iran's election oversight body has declared the country's disputed presidential vote to be valid after a partial recount.

The body's decision rejects opposition allegations of fraud and further silences calls for a new vote.

The Guardian Council presented the conclusion in a letter to the interior minister.

That followed the recounting of what was described as a randomly selected 10 percent of the almost 40 million ballots cast on June 12th.

Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi had claimed that he -- not incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- was the rightful winner.

He had also called for a new election something the government repeatedly said it would not do.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sits in a car during a visit to a highway project northwest of Tehran. (AFP/ISNA/Amir Pourmand)