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
Supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi march through Valiasr Street during riots in Tehran on June 13, 2009. OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images
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
Young men run past a burning bus during a riot in Tehran on June 13, 2009. OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images
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
A man is detained by Iranian riot-police in front of Tehran University during riots in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2009. AP Photo
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
Students, supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi demonstrate at the main entrance of Tehran University during riots on Sunday, June 14, 2009. AP Photo
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
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
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
عکسهای ضرب و شتم و کتک زدن مردم و آزادیخواهان توسط نیروی انتظامی و یگان ویژه و سپاه پاسداران و بسیج و لباس شخصی های خامنه ای جنایتکار عکس های ضرب و شتم و کتک زدن مردم و آزادیخواهان توسط نیروی انتظامی و یگان ویژه و سپاه پاسداران و بسیج و لباس شخصی های خامنه ای جنایتکار عکس های ضرب و شتم و کتک زدن مردم و آزادیخواهان توسط نیروی انتظامی و یگان ویژه و سپاه پاسداران و بسیج و لباس شخصی های خامنه ای جنایتکار عکس های ضرب و شتم و کتک زدن مردم و آزادیخواهان توسط نیروی انتظامی و یگان ویژه و سپاه پاسداران و بسیج و لباس شخصی های خامنه ای جنایتکار عکس های ضرب و شتم و کتک زدن مردم و آزادیخواهان توسط نیروی انتظامی و یگان ویژه و سپاه پاسداران و بسیج و لباس شخصی های خامنه ای جنایتکار عکس های ضرب و شتم و کتک زدن مردم و آزادیخواهان توسط نیروی انتظامی و یگان ویژه و سپاه پاسداران و بسیج و لباس شخصی های خامنه ای جنایتکار عکس های ضرب و شتم و کتک زدن مردم و آزادیخواهان توسط نیروی انتظامی و یگان ویژه و سپاه پاسداران و بسیج و لباس شخصی های خامنه ای جنایتکار عکس های ضرب و شتم و کتک زدن مردم و آزادیخواهان توسط نیروی انتظامی و یگان ویژه و سپاه پاسداران و بسیج و لباس شخصی های خامنه ای جنایتکار عکس های ضرب و شتم و کتک زدن مردم و آزادیخواهان توسط نیروی انتظامی و یگان ویژه و سپاه پاسداران و بسیج و لباس شخصی های خامنه ای جنایتکار عکس های ضرب و شتم و کتک زدن مردم و آزادیخواهان توسط نیروی انتظامی و یگان ویژه و سپاه پاسداران و بسیج و لباس شخصی های خامنه ای جنایتکار
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