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Iran's
Disputed Election

Following up from last Friday's entry about Iran's
Presidential Election, Tehran and other cities have seen the largest street
protests and rioting since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Supporters of reform
candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, upset at their announced loss and suspicions of
voter fraud, took to the streets both peacefully and, in some cases, violently
to vent their frustrations. Iranian security forces and hardline volunteer
militia members responded with force and arrests, attempting to stamp out the
protests - meanwhile, thousands of Iranians who were happy with the election
outcome staged their own victory demonstrations. Mousavi himself has been
encouraging peaceful demonstrations, and called for calm at a large
demonstration today (held in defiance of an official ban), as Iran’s supreme
leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has just called for an official inquiry into
accusations of election irregularities. (Update: several photos of
injuries from gunshots at today's rally added below) (38
photos total (plus 3))

A supporter of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir
Hossein Mousavi shouts slogans during riots in Tehran on June 13, 2009. Hardline
incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared winner by a landslide in Iran's
hotly-disputed presidential vote, triggering riots by opposition supporters and
furious complaints of cheating from his defeated rivals. (OLIVIER
LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images)

2
Supporters
of Mir Hossein Mousavi march through Valiasr Street during riots in Tehran on
June 13, 2009. (OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images) #

3
Protestors
set fires in a main street in Tehran, Iran in the early hours of Monday, June
15, 2009. Iran's supreme leader ordered Monday an investigation into allegations
of election fraud, marking a stunning turnaround by the country's most powerful
figure and offering hope to opposition forces who have waged street clashes to
protest the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo) #

4
Young
men run past a burning bus during a riot in Tehran on June 13, 2009. (OLIVIER
LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images) #

5
A
riot-police officer strikes a man with a baton near Tehran University on June
14, 2009. Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi said on
Sunday he has asked the powerful Guardians Council to cancel the result of the
presidential poll, while urging his supporters to continue peaceful protests.
(STR/AFP/Getty Images) #

6
A
man is detained by Iranian riot-police in front of Tehran University during
riots in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP Photo) #

7
Iranian
students, supporters of presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, try to keep
clear of tear gas being lobbed back and forth at the main entrance of Tehran
University during riots on Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP Photo) #

8
Students,
supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi demonstrate at the main entrance of Tehran
University during riots on Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP Photo) #

9
Iranian
supporters of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi gather on the streets
protesting the results of the Iranian presidential election in Tehran, Iran,
Saturday, June 13, 2009. (AP photo) #

10
Members
of the Iranian hardline volunteer Basij militia begin to enter Tehran University
where supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi were protesting against the latest
election's results at Tehran's University on June 14, 2009. (AFP/Getty Images)
#

11
Supporters
of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and members of the Basij militia hurl stones
towards supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi who are inside Tehran University on
Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP Photo) #

12
Backers
of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi are beaten by
government security men during riots in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP
Photo) #

13
Riot
policemen deploy in Tehran's Enghelab square to disperse protesters
demonstrating against the election results in Tehran on June 14, 2009.
(AFP/Getty Images) #

14
Hard-line
supporters armed with batons try to break into a house where protesters found
shelter in central Tehran June 14, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

15
A
motorcycle burns in a street of Tehran, Iran on Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP
photo/Vahid Salemi) #

16
An
injured backer of Mir Hossein Mousavi covers his bloodied face during riots in
Tehran on June 13, 2009. (OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images) #

17
A
supporter of defeated presidential candidate Mousavi is beaten by government
security men as fellow supporters come to his aid during riots in Tehran, Iran,
Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP Photo) #

18
A
man with a cane gestures towards a woman on the ground during protests in
central Tehran June 14, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

19
Supporters
of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi are followed by
Iranian riot-police with batons in front of Tehran University during riots in
Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2009. (AP Photo) #

20
Supporters
of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wave Iranian and religious flags during
a victory celebration in central Tehran June 14, 2009. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj) #

21
Thousands
of supporters of Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wave national and
other coloured flags during a massive rally to celebrate his victory in the
presidential elections in Tehran's Valiasr square on June 14, 2009. Ahmadinejad
defended his June 12 re-election but his defeated rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi,
demanded the result be scrapped, setting the stage for further tense
confrontations after the authorities cracked down on opposition protests. (ATTA
KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) #

22
Iran's
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad looks on during his first news conference after
the presidential elections in Tehran June 14, 2009. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj) #

23
Supporters
of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wave Iranian and religious flags during a
victory celebration in central Tehran June 14, 2009. (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj) #

24
Iranians
armed with sticks and batons ride on motorcycles during protests in central
Tehran June 14, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

25
Iranian
riot policemen kick a man in Zartusht street close to the Interior Ministry, as
supporters of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi started to gather on the
streets protesting the declared results of the Iranian presidential election in
Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 13, 2009. (AP photo/STR) #

26
A
riot policeman hits a motorcyclist with a baton during a protest against the
election results in Tehran June 14, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

27
A
riot-police officer sprays tear-gas at a supporter of Mir Hossein Mousavi, who
is attacking him with a police stick during riots in Tehran on June 13, 2009.
(OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images) #

28
Supporters
of Mir Hossein Mousavi try to calm down fellow demonstrators as they rescue a
bloodied riot policeman (center) who was beaten during a protest in Valiasr
Street in Tehran on June 13, 2009. (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) #

29
A
backer of Mir Hossein Mousavi helps evacuate an injured riot-police officer
during riots in Tehran on June 13, 2009. (OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images)
#

30
Black
smoke rises above the Tehran skyline as supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi burn
tires and other material in the streets as they fight running battles with
police to protest the declared results of the Iranian presidential election in
Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) #

31
A
protester holds a stone during clashes with police in Tehran June 13, 2009.
Thousands of people clashed with police on Saturday after the disputed election
victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked the biggest protests in Tehran
since the 1979 Islamic revolution. (REUTERS/Ahmed Jadalla) #

32
Armed
with handguns, members of the Iranian security force, in civlian clothes, fire
warning shots to disperse supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi in central Tehran on
June 14, 2009. (OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images) #

33
A
poster of defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is seen on the broken-down door
of a room in Tehran University dormitory after it was attacked by militia forces
during riots in Tehran, Iran in the early hours of Monday, June 15, 2009.
Overnight, police and militia stormed the campus at the city's biggest
university, ransacking dormitories and arresting dozens of students angry over
what they claim was election fraud. (AP photo) #

34
An
image of Mir Hossein Mousavi is seen (lower left), fixed to a desk with a
smashed computer monitor in a room in a Tehran University dormitory after it was
attacked by militia forces during riots in Tehran, Iran in the early hours of
Monday, June 15, 2009. (AP photo) #

35
A
man paints over campaign slogans near the headquarters of presidential candidate
Mir Hossein Mousavi in Tehran on June 13, 2009. Mousavi's name is written in
green while Ahmadinejad's name is written on top of it (left) in black. (OLIVIER
LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images) #

36
On
Monday, June 15, 2009, Iranian opposition demonstrators protest in support of
defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, in Tehran. Opposition
supporters defied a ban to stage a mass rally in Tehran in protest at President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide election win, as Iran faced a growing
international backlash over the validity of the election and the subsequent
crackdown on opposition protests. (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) #

37
Defeated
reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi (center) raises his arms as
he appears at an opposition demonstration in Tehran on June 15, 2009, appearing
in public for the first time since an election that has divided the nation.
(BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) #

38
Defying
an official ban, hundreds of thousands of Iranian supporters of Mir Hossein
Mousavi demonstrate in Tehran on Monday, June 15, 2009. (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty
Images) #

Update, 2:30pm Eastern time - several
photos of injured and one dead from gunshots at today's rally.

39
A
man lies on the back of a taxi, after being seriously injured by gunfire in an
area where pro-government militia were firing shots near a rally supporting
leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in Tehran, Iran,
Monday, June 15, 2009. (AP Photo) #

40
A
man lies the back of a truck after being seriously injured by gunfire in an area
where militia were firing shots at a rally supporting Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad's top opponent on Monday, June 15, 2009. (AP Photo) #

41
Onlookers
observe the body of a man allegedly shot by pro-government militia near a rally
supporting leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in
Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) #

More links and information

Khamenei
Calls for Inquiry as Demonstrators Defy Ban - NYTimes.com 6/15

Updates
on Iran's disputed election - NYTimes.com Lede Blog, 6/15

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