update, the turnout is so big the closing time for voting has now been extended THREE times, they're still voting!
Take this comment below from the Ahmadinejad camp with a "grain of salt" I think we may see a run-off in a weeks time. The votes will start being counted tonight, then there is 24 hours before anything is announced. Until then it's just speculation. This was, for Iran, a bitter hard fought race with massive nubmers of people taking to the streets for weeks calling for change. We will see.....
3.35pm:
The Ahmadinejad camp claims their man is winning.
"Based on the evaluation of Ahmadinejad's position he is ahead ... with 60% of the votes and we are certain that the election will end in the first round in his favour," Ali Asghar Zarei told Mehr News Agency, according to Reuters.
3.30pm:
Voting should now be over. An anonymous blogger posting on Bazar Dispatch says it took some friends up to two hours to vote
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