Biden has doubts about Iran's presidential vote

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Biden has doubts about Iran's presidential vote

WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden says he has doubts about whether Iran's presidential election was free and fair, as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims from his landslide victory.

Biden says the U.S. and other countries need more time to analyze the results before making a better judgment about the vote. He says the administration's interests are the same as they were before the vote — ending Iran's attempts to develop a nuclear weapon and its support for terrorism.

The vice president says he's disturbed by the way the Iranian government seems to be suppressing speech and cracking down on crowds protesting Ahmadinejad's re-election.

Biden says there are lots of questions about the election, but that the U.S. doesn't have enough facts to make a fair judgment.

He wonders whether the outcome is an accurate response of the Iranian people.

Biden was interviewed Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090614/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_iran

[Arkana]

1. Well, this is not out of line.

The Obama administration's official position was that they were skeptical of the process.

[Cha]

2. Whatever is said..it seems to be

clear that this is not a good start for the hardliner.