Scores of high-ranking opposition campaign workers and political activists fled to exile to neighboring Turkey , where some claimed in interviews with CNN that they endured torture in Iranian prisons . In 2009 , allegations of vote-rigging triggered protests and led to deaths . Iranian state television broadcast wall-to-wall programming encouraging residents to vote . The government has since said it will investigate the claims but denies any wrongdoing.
In 2009 , allegations of vote-rigging triggered protests and led to deaths . Iranian state television broadcast wall-to-wall programming encouraging residents to vote . The government has since said it will investigate the claims but denies any wrongdoing.