TEHERAN - IRAN'S intelligence minister said on Sunday that no organised vote rigging took place which could affect the outcome of the country's disputed June 12 presidential election.

Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei also said on state television that the United States had aimed to destabilise the Islamic Republic with vote rigging allegations.

'I am announcing that no organised rigging which could affect the result of the election took place,' he said.

'Americans and the Zionists wanted to destabilise Iran ... even months before the election they started to talk about the possibility of vote rigging in Iran and they continue this path after the election,' the minister said.

The United States and its Western allies reject accusations by Teheran of interference in this month's vote, which official results showed was won by hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

His main challenger, moderate former Prime Minister Mirhossein Mousavi, says the vote was rigged and that the election should be annulled. -- REUTERS