Ahmadinejad vows to break 'global monopoly'

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Tehran is ready to cooperate with all countries and end the 'global monopoly' in all areas.

“We want to cooperate with the world using an approach of change and we must use all our capabilities to break the monopoly of global powers,” President Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday.

It should be the ultimate aim of the world to break the global bipolarity in politics, science and all other areas, Ahmadinejad said in his first public comments after the Iran's electoral watchdog, the Guardian Council, confirmed the June 12 vote result.

The announcement of the Iranian president's re-election sparked opposition rallies in the capital Tehran with defeated candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi demanding the vote to be annulled.

While the Guardian Council did not agree to Mousavi and Karroubi's request for a re-run, it announced readiness for a random recount of 10 percent of the votes.

The Council announced late Monday that the recount of 10 percent of the ballot boxes had shown no irregularities and declared the file on the presidential election closed. More

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