Supporters of Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousevi have again staged a mass rally in Tehran, witnesses told the BBC. It comes despite Mr Mousavi's urging his backers not to march, in case they risked clashing with supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mr Ahmadinejad's supporters earlier held a rally in central Tehran. Tough new restrictions on the foreign media mean the BBC is unable to confirm the scale of either rally.
It comes despite Mr Mousavi's urging his backers not to march, in case they risked clashing with supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Mr Ahmadinejad's supporters earlier held a rally in central Tehran.
Tough new restrictions on the foreign media mean the BBC is unable to confirm the scale of either rally.
LONDON (Reuters) - Supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi posted defiant messages on Twitter on Tuesday, calling for a second banned pro-Mousavi rally to go ahead and offering security updates. Web sites such as Twitter and Facebook have become a focal point for young, urban Iranians opposed to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who defeated Mousavi in Friday's presidential election and whose government controls the state media.
Web sites such as Twitter and Facebook have become a focal point for young, urban Iranians opposed to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who defeated Mousavi in Friday's presidential election and whose government controls the state media.
More than 23 million Iranians in a country of 70 million -- more than 60 percent of whom are under the age of 20 -- have access to the Internet.
