The CIA claims that 2% of the vote ballots in the 2005 election were "spoiled"
Vote turnout was 63%
A lot of votes for Mahmūd Ahmadī-Nežād came from country side, "normal" people to whom he promised to fight poverty, unemployment. He appeared as "on of them" ( german Wikipedia)
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"It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death
— Albert Einstein
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