In this image issued by the government-run Iranian Students News Agency, demonstrators, some holding Iranian flags and standing on a construction tower, attend a state-organised rally in a square in central Tehran on June 16. Iran's clerical regime barred foreign media from covering the rally. (AP Photo/ ISNA, Mona Hoobehfekr)
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Hundreds of thousands of supporters of leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims there was voting fraud in the election, turn out to protest the result at a mass rally in Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran on June 15. (Keystone/ AP Photo, Ben Curtis)
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A young supporter of main challenger and reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, shouts slogans as he dances to Farsi hip-hop music in the streets at a night-time rally just days before the elections, in the Sadatabad district of northern Tehran. (AP Photo, Ben Curti)
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A demonstrator holds ribbons in the colours of the Iranian flag, also used as the symbol of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's party, as thousands attend a state-organised rally in a square in central Tehran on June 16. (AP Photo/ ISNA, Mona Hoobehfekr)
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Demonstrators stand on railings to get a view of the hundreds of thousands of supporters of leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. They claim there was voting fraud in Friday's election, and protested the result at a mass rally in Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran on June 15. (AP Photo/ Ben Curtis)
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A supporter of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi uses her mobile phone at a street rally just days before the elections, in the Sadatabad district of northern Tehran. With Farsi hip-hop and techno music blaring, pre-election fever was more like a party than a protest. (Keystone/ AP Photo, Ben Curtis)
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A supporter of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is beaten by government security forces while a female protestor comes to his aid during riots in Tehran on June 14. (AP Photo)
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A demonstrator climbs the Freedom Tower in Tehran as hundreds of thousands of supporters of leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi turn out to protest at a mass rally in Azadi (Freedom) Square on June 15. (AP Photo/ Vahid Salemi)
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Supporters of Iranian reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi join hands during a rally in Azadi street in Tehran on June 15. (AP Photo)
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People carry the body of a man allegedly shot by pro-government militia near a rally supporting leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in Tehran on June 15. (AP Photo/ Vahid Salemi)
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According to the official results of the Iranian presidential elections, incumbant president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected on Friday June 12 with 63 per cent of the vote, well ahead of moderate candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi. Discontented Moussavi supporters took to the streets when the results were announced.
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