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''Where is my vote?'' ({{lang-fa|رأی من کجاست؟}} [[Romanization of Persian|''ra'y-e-man kojāst?'']]) is a motto which was used during the protests. The Iranian government, headed by President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], released results claiming a two-thirds majority. However, [[Mousavi]] had already claimed victory before the vote count was done<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3730457,00.html|title=Breaking News: Mousavi claims victory in presidential vote|date=6 December 2009|work=YnetNews|access-date=11 August 2010}}</ref> and supporters of Mousavi and [[Karroubi]] accused the government of rigging the votes.
In the aftermath of the election, protests were widened and several massive protests were held around the country by the people. The government arrested a large number of the protesters<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8104466.stm |title=Fresh rally takes place in Tehran|date=18 June 2009|work=BBC|access-date=11 August 2010}}</ref> and several were killed by the police and [[Basiji|governmental militia forces]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/15/iran-opposition-rally-banned-mousavi|title=Iran opposition rally banned Mousavi|date=15 June 2009|work=The Guardian|access-date=11 August 2010| location=London|author=Ian Black |author2=Vikram Dodd |author3=Matthew Weaver}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8101621.stm|title=Q&A: Iran election aftermath|work=BBC|access-date=11 August 2010| date=22 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/06/14/ST2009061402807.html|title=Iran: Vote recount, Clash leaves 7 dead|work=[[The Washington Post]]
Although the Iranian government prohibited any form of gathering by opposition-supporters in [[Tehran]] and across the country, significantly slowed down internet access and censored any form of media agreeing with the opposition, hundreds of thousands of Iranians chanted this motto, defying the law and challenging the Islamic Republic.<ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1098601.html Iranians, by hundreds of thousands, ask: Where is my vote?] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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