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Tehran: Mousavi Supporters Stage Mass Rally, Iran Army Moves In

by Jarrett Martineau | June 16, 2009 at 08:57 am

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Despite an appeal from Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to prevent his supporters from rallying on Tuesday, in fear of further violence, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tehran again on Tuesday.

Foreign media and journalists have been banned from reporting in Tehran, seven protesters were killed in clashes with police and militiamen on Monday, and there are unconfirmed reports that the Iranian army has moved in to crackdown on Tuesday's pro-Mousavi rally.

Additional reports from Twitter also indicate that there have been violent clashes and shots fired at Azadi Square.

Unconfirmed posts suggest that as many as 4 million people attended the rally near Azadi square on Tuesday.

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It comes despite presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi urging supporters not to risk clashes with demonstrators backing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Hundreds of thousands turned up on Monday alleging fraud in the poll which returned Mr Ahmadinejad to office.

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A. Tran

at 13:31 on June 16th, 2009

Twitter is currently under maintenance until 3PM Pacific time (2:30AM in Iran) There's a warning by two of the twitter members that the government is also engaged in passing incorrect information and to debunk Mousavi's supporters.

On NP, there's a piece posted by Truemorist about BoingBoing

A. Tran

at 15:44 on June 16th, 2009

This is a new clip sent to the BBC Persia:

BBC receives "5 videos a minute" from Iran

Uwe Paschen

at 21:03 on June 16th, 2009

Iran had its first revolution to remove one tyrant and now another one to remove the clergy?

Maybe a laic Republic is about to be born.

Watcher of the Skiez

at 16:42 on June 17th, 2009

I was very surprised to watch these huge demonstrations as I thought that Iran would never allow them! This also shows that even in countries like these a cry for changes, voiced by it's own people are coming out loud and clear! Violence will never solve differences as history teaches us that good education and reliable information from journalists will!

Thanks for bringing this up we must support human rights.

Iran is no exception!