UPDATE 2: Ahmadinejad leads in Iran vote

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s Interior Ministry has released

partial results showing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leading with

nearly 70 percent of votes counted so far in Friday’s election.

Senior ministry official Kamran Daneshjoo says Ahmadinejad had

68.8 percent of the more than 10 million ballots counted so far.

His main reformist challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi had 28.8 percent.
   
The government has not yet released the total number of voters.