Supporters of Iran’s defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi aim to keep pressure up with new protests on Wednesday.
Seven people were killed near a rally held by supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi, state television said on Tuesday.
Protesters clashed with police after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won an election which his reformist challenger called a ”dangerous charade”.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday told all Iranians to respect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory in a presidential election.
Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad resoundingly won Iran’s election, preliminary official results showed on Saturday.
Iranian restaurateur Mohsen Misaqi notes that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fulfilled the promise to put oil wealth on the table of every family.
Mirhossein Mousavi, seen as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s main challenger in a June 12 election, advocates better ties with Iran’s Western foes.
Iran launched a missile with a range of 2 000km on Wednesday and the president said the Islamic state could send any attacker ”to hell”.
An Iranian-American journalist accused in Iran of spying for the United States has been jailed for eight years, her lawyer said on Saturday.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that US President Barack Obama’s offer of better ties was just a ”slogan”.