(12 June 09-RV) Iranians streamed to polling stations today in a Presidential election
which pits incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against a former prime minister who wants
a thaw in ties with the West. We spoke to Father Samir Khail Samir an expert in Islamic
studies and Catholic Theology, St Joesph’s University in Beirut, about how these elections
are being viewed from outside the country: