Photo Gallery Iran Unrest Continues
Massive protests have rocked Iran since the country's presidential election on June 12. Here, supporters march in Tehran on June 16 in support of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
The opposition claims the election was fraudulent and is demanding a new vote.
The Guardian Council has reportedly agreed to a partial recount of votes.
Iran has banned foreign media from reporting on the rallies and has been releasing their own images. This one is from the government-run Iranian Students News Agency and depicts demonstrators carrying posters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a state-organized rally.
Here people attend a state-organized rally in central Tehran on June 16.
A state-organized rally in Tehran: Initial reports in the US intelligence community suggest that Ahmadinejad may actually have won the election.
The protests have been mostly peaceful, although Iranian radio reported several deaths on the night of June 15. Here, a Mousavi supporter holds a photo during the protests on June 16.
Foreign media have in effect been banned from heading out to the "unauthorized" street marches. Here, AFP photographer Olivier Laban-Mattei follows the news from his hotel room in Tehran.
Mousavi supporters set fires during protests in Tehran on June 16.
Protesters run through Tehran streets as night falls in Tehran.
Protests also took place in the West on Tuesday, June 16. Here, people demonstrate in front of the Iranian embassy in Paris.
Hundreds of Iranians living in Germany also gathered in Berlin to protest against the disputed Iranian election.
Here demonstrators protest in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
