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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/world/middleeast/06iran.html
Ahmadinejad Sworn In for Second Term in Iran
[New York Times] Robert F. Worth and Alan Cowell - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn into office for a second term Wednesday. While his supporters in the ruling elite attended the ceremony, it was boycotted by opposition leaders and reformist legislators, while opponents gathered outside the parliament building to protest his inauguration, despite the presence of hundreds of police officers. The opposition movement continues to press its claims that Ahmadinejad's landslide victory was rigged, and to muster large street demonstrations.