Unrest In Iran -- News Updates June 15, 2009 (Evening)

A demonstrator climbs the Freedom Tower, as hundreds of thousands of supporters of leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims there was voting fraud in Friday's presidential election, turn out to protest the result of the election at a mass rally in Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian Opposition Leader Defies Ban-- Leads Massive Protest in Tehran (Video) ...Update: Gunfire at Rally- At Least 1 Dead ...Update: 15 Dead -- Gateway Pundit

Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has joined a huge rally against the result of last week's election, defying a government ban.

AFP news agency said Mr Mousavi told a crowd of tens of thousands in Tehran he was ready to take part in a new poll.

Mr Mousavi, who was making his first public appearance since Friday's vote, believes results were rigged in favour of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Mr Ahmadinejad has dismissed the claims and says the vote was fair.

The demonstrators gathered in Tehran's Revolution Square, chanting pro-Mousavi slogans as riot police stood by.

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More News On The Unrest In Iran

Obama: it's up to Iran to determine own leaders -- Yahoo News/AP
Iran Election Dispute Plays Out Online -- Washington Post
High resolution photos from Iran -- Boston.com
Follow The Developments In Iran Like A CIA Analyst -- The Atlantic
‘We Are Accessing Open Proxies’ -- Washington Independent
Protesters plan more mass rallies in Iran -- Reuters
Iranian dissidents go online to defy the government censors -- Times Online
Iran’s Tweets: Windows into Protests - or Digital Mirrors? -- The Danger Room
Iran Leaders Will Stop Poll Protests, Says Columbia’s Bulliet -- Bloomberg
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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS

Khamenei's Military Coup -- Mehdi Khalaji, Washington Post
5 Reasons to Suspect Iran's Election -- Simon Robinson, Time
Don't Call it an Election in Iran -- Christopher Hitchens, Slate
Ahmadinejad's Victory Was Legitimate -- K. Ballen & P. Doherty, WaPo
Is Iran's Election America's Problem? -- Matthew Yglesias, American Prospect
Iran Has Clarified Its Beligerence for the World -- Amir Taheri, WSJ