The leader of Iran’s opposition, Mir Hossein Mousavi, has fled Tehran, The Times reports.
Mousavi, defeated in hotly disputed elections in June, left the Iranian capital on a day marked by pro-government rallies at which crowds chanted “Death to Mousavi”. Another of the leaders, Mahdi Karroubi, are also said to have fled.
The news comes three days after Mousavi’s nephew Ali was killed during a protest against the regime in which at least eight lost their lives.

Dozens of Iranian Government agents on motorbikes have surrounded the Tehran office of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and the country’s chief prosecutor is threatening to arrest him, The Times reports.
The moves come just one day after tens of thousands of students across the country staged the latest in a long series of demonstrations against the Government the so-called “Green” movement regards as illegitimate.
Mousavi is the former Prime Minister who was defeated by President Mahmoud …

Protesters have shouted slogans in support of a key opponent of the Iranian president during a mass rally in Tehran, the BBC reports.
Witnesses reported chanting in support of Mir Hossein Mousavi, who was defeated by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June’s disputed presidential election.
Police were deployed in the city for the annual Quds Day rally, and warned against anti-government protests. Thousands of people are taking part, including government supporters.
Iranian authorities had warned the opposition not to stage …

The first trial of protesters has begun in Tehran, with more than 100 people including senior opposition figures accused of rioting, vandalism and “acting against national security”, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The accused could face long prison sentences or even the death penalty if found guilty of being “an enemy of God”.
Those on trial included prominent reformers such as former vice-president Mohammad Ali Abtahi, former deputy foreign minister Mohsen Aminzadeh, former government spokesman Abdollah Ramazanzadeh, former …

The former president of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, called for a referendum on the legitimacy of the government, following June’s disputed elections, the BBC reports.
Khatami said that millions of Iranians had lost faith in the electoral process. The Iranian opposition, including Khatami and the defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, say the election was rigged.
Only the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, can organise a referendum, but he has already declared the elections, won by the incumbent, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, …

Tens of thousands of Iranians flooded the streets of Tehran yesterday to hear the country’s most influential powerbroker pronounce the Islamic Republic in crisis and as he called for the release of those arrested in recent pro-democracy demonstrations, the Times reports.
In a devastating attack on the regime, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a leading cleric and former President, told a crowd at Tehran University that the Government had lost the people’s trust. Referring to the handling …

The veteran head of Iran’s nuclear programme, Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, resigned in the chaotic aftermath of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election, the Times reports.
Officials gave no reason for Aghazadeh’s sudden departure, but he has been close to Mir Hossein Mousavi, the man millions of Iranians consider to be the real winner of the 12th June elections.
The outgoing nuclear chief is also allied to Hojatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a powerful former President and cleric, who backed …

Despite of the fact that Tehran governor Morteza Tamaddon warned that any protests in the city would be “smashed under the feet of our aware people”, hundreds of young men and women chanted “death to the dictator” on Tehran’s streets today, confronting police wielding batons and firing tear gas, the AP reports.
“If some individuals plan to carry out any anti-security actions by listening to calls by counterrevolutionary networks, they will be smashed under the feet …

According to sources in Iran, six supporters of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi have been hanged by authorities.
Speaking after Iran’s top legislative body upheld the election victory of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sources in Iran told Jerusalem Post that the hangings took place in the holy city of Mashhad on Monday.
There was no independent confirmation of the report.

It seems from the news that the protests in Iran are dying down and the oppressive regime gets another green light to perform its atrocities on people. However, the defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is still calling his supporters to maintain peaceful protests, despite that the government confirmed the election result.
The candidate’s supporters were urged in a web message to continue confronting the regime without provoking bloodshed, the Telegraph reports. Among the recommended tactics …

Iranian authorities arrested 70 academics who met with opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi on Wednesday, other prominent dissidents, as well as at least 10 foreign and 26 Iranian journalists have “disappeared” in recent days, Arutz 7 reports.
It is not known where the professors were taken.
Despite the risk, protesters clashed again Wednesday with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s special Basij militia force, which has brutalized many of the demonstrators since the June 12 elections.
(Hat tip to Betty Weintraub.)

Iran’s riot police fired tear gas to break up an opposition rally in Tehran today after around 1,000 demonstrators defied a threat from the Revolutionary Guard to crush any further protests over the disputed presidential election, the Times reports.
Police in helmets and wielding clubs fired at least seven rounds of tear gas and arrested up to 60 people at a rally in Haft-e Tir square, a popular shopping destination in the heart of Tehran, a …

Iran’s Guardian Council admitted today that in 50 cities the number of votes cast in presidential election exceeded the number of eligible voters, the Times reports.
“Our investigation shows that the number of districts they announced is not correct. Based on our preliminary report, 50 districts face this issue,” spokesman for the council of senior clerics Abbasali Kadkhodai said.
However, Kadkhodaei claimed that voter turnouts of more than 100 per cent were not unusual because Iranians can …

According to Iranian state media, 13 more people were killed in confrontations between protesters and security forces, this brings official death toll for the last week to at least 20.
English-language Press TV said 13 people it called “terrorists” died Saturday in clashes between demonstrators contesting the result of the June 12 election and black-clad police wielding truncheons, tear gas and water cannons, the AP reports.
State television also reported 100 injured in Saturday’s violence.
Iranian Foreign Minister …

Iranian volunteer-based paramilitary force Basij shot a young woman dead in Tehran today.
According to a description posted in Facebook and circulating around in blogs, a young woman who was standing aside with her father was shot by a Basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house.
He had clear shot at the girl and could not miss her. However, he aimed straight her heart. I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to …

Witnesses say police are using tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters rallying in Tehran, the AP reports.
Eyewitnesses told the news agency that the protesters gathered in central Tehran in open defiance of the cleric-led government. About 3,000 protesters chanted “Death to the dictator!” and “Death to dictatorship!” near Revolution Square in central Tehran. Police confronted them by using tear gas and water cannon.
Also, a bomb exploded in Tehran near the entrance …