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[7], Speaking at a news conference on Monday, foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi accused Western governments of explicitly backing violent protests aimed at undermining the stability of Iran's Islamic Republic. "The supreme leader is the new Shah," Lake says. Photographs taken at the scene appeared to show one man dead and several others with bullet wounds.Precise figures were not available, but some estimates suggested that more than 500,000 people were involved in the protest against the election "theft". [219] Protests and clashes with security police occurred in several different cities in Iran. Also freed were Alireza Beheshti, editor-in-chief of the pro-Mousavi newspaper Kalameh, and a photographer from the citizen journalist organization Demotix. Available for everyone, funded by readers. [134] Leading reformist leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi also took part in the gatherings as announced before. 2.20pm: There are heavy clashes on Azadi Street, and chants of death to Khamenei, according to this regularly updated live blog from Iran. [135] Deutsche Welle described it as the most critical and turbulent Friday prayer in the history of contemporary Iran.[136]. [172], After the Esteghlal Foolad F.C. ", After arriving to Behesht-e Zahra cemetery, Mousavi was forced by police to go back to his car and leave the site. 4.40pm: Mousavi has sent a letter to the guardian council alleging that there were plans to rig the election months in advance, according to his website. [35][36], The governments of Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States are among those who have condemned the violence. Photos, claimed to be taken today, show several rows of riot police. The interior ministry, which announced the election result on Saturday, and the president have rejected charges of fraud. And there's more footage of chaotic scenes and fires on the streets of Tehran from another video that appears to have been made today. [89] Clashes were also reported in and around Enghelab square, a site of previous violence. And there was no sign of the anger diminishing: "Many of my friends are in prison," said Saman Imani, a student beaten by police. Who would be responsible if something happened?" The issue of vote-rigging has often been raised in Iranian elections, but analysts have generally said the authorities can manipulate the results by only a few percentage points, leaving room for genuine democratic movements. [1], Prior to Ashura, Mohsen Kadivar said he could not "rule out the possibility" of state intervention in the planned protests. "Iran is becoming a dictatorship. Iranians around the world demonstrated after the Islamic Republic executed two political prisoners in Iran. February 11 being the 31st anniversary of the Shah's regime collapse, the support protest is expected to be doubled by an opposition protest. Harsh remarks will create internal uprising." It seems as if the violence has started again in Tehran, but again, as of this date, these reports are confirmed with few photos and videos. This is a timeline of the events which occurred during those protests. But Ayatollah Khamenei closed the door to any appeals for intervention in a statement issued on state television on Saturday afternoon, congratulating Mr. Ahmadinejad on his victory and pointedly urging the other candidates to support him. The Tehran derby was watched by about 90,000 spectators and for the sixth straight time ended in a tie. Please provide as much information as you can about your pictures including what they show, and when and where they were taken. Their bitterness on Saturday at the unexpected results was correspondingly severe. [200][201], During the official ceremony government supporters set fire to US flags to commemorate the 1979 embassy takeover. Olivier Laban-Mattei/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. 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After the service at the mosque, the leaders paid visits to and show solidarity with some families who have lost their members in the violence. [58] These claims have not been confirmed. [10], Similar protests took place in other Iranian cities including Isfahan, Najafabad, Shiraz, Mashhad, Arak, Tabriz, Babol, Ardabil and Orumieh. Front page of The Pirate Bay, June 20, 2009. [6], State controlled media initially denied any deaths, though it was indicated on 28 December that 15 had died, including ten "well-known anti-revolutionary terrorists". [231] Other Western countries, including the UK, France, and others condemned the violent crackdown on protesters. [103] Also attending the gathering was Hojjat al-Islam Hadi Ghaffari. [56] Highly graphic amateur videos of the killing rapidly spread virally across the internet after being posted to Facebook and YouTube. It added: "It is your responsibility to prevent the public from attending such rallies instead of making accusations against the law enforcement. "[51], Mousavi spokesman Mohsen Makhmalbaf said "Mousavi's headquarters was wrecked by plainclothes police officers" with many staffers arrested, and Mousavi himself ordered by the Revolutionary Guard to stay silent. There were also reports of protesters at the Iranian Parliament building coming under sniper fire from Basiji. There are also reports that mobile phones are not working in the square, which might help to explain the lack of news. [57] [142], Thousands of people demonstrated in Shiraz. Mr. Karroubi came in last with 300,000 votes — far fewer than analysts had predicted. "[149][150], Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi sent a request to the Iranian Interior Ministry to hold a memorial service in Tehran to commemorate the end of the 40-day mourning cycle on 30 July for the people who died on 20 June during the protests, including Neda Agha Soltan. As a way out of the crisis, Mousavi has put forward a five-point plan to the Government for political and social reforms. Such large-scale protest has not seen in Iran since the 1979 Islamic … They are attacked by the basij and the protest is suppressed. 9.55am: "Protest leaders and responsible for bloodshed," the Khamenei's official English-language website ominously declares. Iran's post-election political unrest claimed its first confirmed fatality yesterday when shots were fired at supporters of the defeated presidential candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, who had defied an official ban on a mass rally in central Tehran. At approximately the same time the British Embassy in Tehran announced they were evacuating the families of embassy staff members and issued a travel advisory against visiting Iran. At least ten people were arrested during the demonstrations. 2009 Iranian election protests. [160][161] Someone allegedly captured the death on video. [239], Huge protest took place in Mashhad University. [citation needed] The Iranian government stated that it would expel British diplomats for "unconventional behavior. Iran has strongly criticised the US and UK governments in recent days, and Mr Qashqavi reserved special scorn for the BBC and for the Voice of America network, which he called "government channels". "[198][203], During the ceremony Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri called the seizure of the US embassy in 1979 a mistake, saying "The occupation of the American embassy at the start had the support of Iranian revolutionaries and the late Imam Khomeini and I supported it too, but considering the negative repercussions and the high sensitivity which was created among the American people and which still exists, it was not the right thing to do. There are unconfirmed reports on Twitter of crowds gathering on the streets. This build-up mirrors the pattern of previous days when Mousavi or his aide first called for rallies, then called them off, and then he attended rallies after hundreds of thousands of his supporters took to the streets. Clashes were also noticed in areas with reformist protests. [174], Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says he does not believe that groups protesting the presidential election results had foreign backing. [4] Also several BBC cameramen were beaten and arrested by IRGC officials and had their tapes confiscated. Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo wears a green wrist band in support of the reformers at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. Protests against the results of the controversial 2009 Iranian presidential election (Persian: اعتراضات علیه نتایج انتخابات ریاست جمهوری سال ۱۳۸۸‎), a controversial victory by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad happened in major cities nationwide from 2009 into early 2010. 9am: Today's banned protest rally will go ahead, according to an aide to one of the other defeated candidate's, Mehdi Karoubi. Security forces have labeled protesters as "terrorists" and demonstrators condemned the harsh tactics of government-backed militias. [209] These would be the largest protests in Iran since November 4, 2009. Youths reportedly threw stones at blockades and set a bus on fire, and gunfire was reported in the area. The presence of huge crowds on the streets – and reports of other fatalities – appeared to dash earlier predictions that the unrest of the past three days would fade away. [171], Following the banning of Mehdi Karoubi's newspaper for publishing Karroubi's answer to Friday prayer clerics and some issues regarding the death of Taraneh Mousavi, protesters gathered near the newspaper office in Tehran.