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2115 GMT: Good Night. For us at EA, a thank you to all those who have joined today and a symbolic reminder: pictured at left is Neda Agha Soltan's mother, who was not able to attend the ceremony at her daughter's grave but who lit a candle in a nearby park as her memorial.

2110 GMT: Coming to the close of an eventful day, let's drop in on Press TV's coverage: "Iran's opposition supporters, gathered at a cemetery in Tehran for a memorial service for the victims of the recent post-election unrest, have been met by Iranian police."

The image of a casual "meeting", perhaps for cake and a cup of tea, is dispelled in the next sentence, however, "Police forces on Thursday used tear gas to break up supporters of defeated presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir-Hossein Mousavi." And the overall report is neutral, even (whisper it) somewhat favourable towards the Green Movement.

That is, except for an obligatory last sentence: "Iranian authorities say foreign agents have fueled the post-vote violence which led to the deaths."

2015 GMT: Gooya.com has posted a range of photographs from Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery.

2010 GMT: Tehran Bureau has an excellent selection of eyewitness accounts, all of which point towards the significance not of a single demonstration (although, if true, 40,000 in Behest-e-Zahra cemetery is impressive) but of numerous demonstrations across the capital. As one demonstrator caught the excitement, "It’s NUTS! I’ve never seen it like this before! It’s still going on, 9 pm now — raging! As I said, it's more like a riot, totally out of control."

1940 GMT: Radio Farda's website reports that hundreds of people demonstrated in Isfahan today.

1755 GMT: Islamic Republic News Agency, going "behind the scenes of the street riots", claims that the leadership of these riots are "political powers" and "retired elements of some security forces", implying that the recent protests are similar to those against the regime in the early 1980s.

1715 GMT: Reports that filmmakers Jafar Panahi, Mahnaz Mohammadi, and Rokhsare Ghaem Maghami released after being arrested earlier at Behest-e-Zahra cemetery.

1645 GMT: State-funded Press TV in Iran apparently covered the protests at Neda's grave site, with a reporter calling in a live update.

1615 GMT: Etemade Melli has an account of Mehdi Karroubi's appearance at the memorial, including the resistance of mourners when security forces accosted him, and of his speech. The English translation, courtesy of Mani:

Karroubi walked towards Neda Agha Soltan's resting place, surrounded by a large group of people. The special forces attacked him and tried to disperse and separate the people from "the reform sheikh" [Karroubi] by beating them with clubs and pepper spray. The police encountered stiff resistance from the people, and Karroubi held his ground and stated strongly that he is staying in this place.

Karroubi sat beside Neda Agha Soltan's  grave and accompanied the people by reading the Fateheh [the prayer for the dead]  for Neda. The Prayer was read with protest intonations. Afterwards Hojjatoleslam Hadi Ghaffari joined Karroubi and spoke to the people for a few minutes. During Karroubi's speech, the security forces had a conflict with the people and arrested some individuals. These forces were confronted with slogans like "let him go, let him go" and flowers by the people [police presumably released those arrested].

Mehdi Karroubi, after spending an hour with the people, moved to the exit and his vehicle, accompanied by a large number of people chanting slogans.

1600 GMT: A reader sends in two other slogans:

"As long as the Supreme Leader isn't dead, our homeland won't be our homeland"
"We don't want crocodile's tears, we don't want the government of Mesbah" [referring to Ahmadinejad's religious mentor, Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi)

1552 GMT: Ahmadinejad Flees? On 16 July, the day before Rafsanjani's Friday prayers, the President went to Mashaad. He did so again today, ostensibly to attend a gathering of scientists and faculty members.

1550 GMT: Some of the slogans from today, as reported by Mardomak's live blog:

Our Neda is not dead/the government is dead
Oh Martyred countryman! I will wrest back your vote
Fear not! fear not! we are in this together
Death to dictator
Mojtaba [Khamenei], may you die as you yearn for supreme leadership
The missiles of the basiji have no effect [Mani's Note: This echoes what was said in the 1970s, "The missiles have no effect, the Shah can only kill himself", implying what some think Ahmadinejad and maybe Khamenei must do.]

1545 GMT: Ramin Mostaghim of the Los Angeles Times (see 1345 GMT), who appears to be the best-placed "Western" correspondent in Tehran today, also says 40,000 were in Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery.

1540 GMT: Moments after writing the previous entry, this comes in from the Green Movement website Mowj-e-Sabz: there are clashes in several major streets in Tehran, including Motahari,Vali-e Asr, Beheshti, Hafez and Fatemi, with reports of police using tear gas and batons.

1535 GMT: We are receiving numerous reports of "heavy clashes" across Tehran and now in other cities like Ahwaz and Isfahan. We are refraining from giving details at this point because there is no verification of the extent of the protests and fighting.

1520 GMT: The Iranian pro-reformist website Mardomak has been live-blogging events. It reports that Mir Hossein Mousavi's wife, Zahra Rahnavard, was able to get into the cemetery. Although there were many anti-riot police present, there were no major clashes inside Behesht-e-Zahra.

Here, however, is the striking entry. In contrast to CNN's report, taken up by other Western media, of 3000 mourners, Mardomak claims there were 40,000 in the cemetery.

1445 GMT: Picking up on some earlier news: the "reformist" Islamic Iran Participation Front has issued a strong statement asserting that the only way out of the disgrace of detentions and killings is the fall of the "coup government". Tehran Bureau offers a useful summary.

1440 GMT: A quieter phase in today's events. It appears that some mourners/demonstrators, having been hindered in their attempts at a memorial in Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, are moving towards the Grand Mosala (the original location for today's gathering). Others are in streets around Tehran: it is report that "Vali Asr from Vali Asr Square to Vanak Square is jampacked and smokefilled".

So it is wait-and-see as to whether there is a Phase II or a series of scattered encounters. Meanwhile, a question: when he was turned away from the cemetery by security forces, where did Mir Hossein Mousavi go?

1405 GMT: Reuters,via Mehr News Agency, reports that Saeed Hajjarian was transferred from prison to a "state-owned" house today. Kazem Jalali, the head of Parliamentary Security Committee, said, "The Tehran prosecutor told me that Hajjarian was transferred today to a state-owned house with proper medical facilities....His relatives can visit him at the new place."

1345 GMT: Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim have just filed this report for the Los Angeles Times, "Mourners overwhelm Iran security forces". If true, it is a significant account of a building protest movement. (Much of this information has circulated on Twitter but EA has not run some of the details because we could not verify. It is unclear how much of this article is based on the Twitter traffic and how much on first-hand reporting --- Mostaghim is apparently based in Tehran.)

Thousands and possibly tens of thousands of mourners, many of them black-clad young women carrying roses, overwhelmed security forces today at Tehran's largest cemetery to gather around the grave of Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman whose videotaped shooting at a June 20 demonstration stunned the world.

"Death to the dictator," those in the long procession of mourners converging on the burial site chanted, kicking up a storm of dust as they walked. "Neda is not dead. This government is dead."

Uniformed security forces initially clashed violently today with some of the mourners, supporters and leaders of the opposition, who were trying to publicly mourn protesters who died in the recent unrest. Unsuccessful presidential candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi attempted to attend the graveside ceremony marking the religiously significant 40th day since the death of Agha-Soltan and others killed in the fighting.

"Oh, Hossein! Mir-Hossein," the mourners chanted in support of him.

According one witness, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal, Mousavi stepped out of his car only to be surrounded by police, who forced him back into his vehicle and out of the cemetery.

At first mourners were confronted by the security forces, who struck them with truncheons and arrested some in an attempt to bar them from gathering at Tehran's Behesht Zahra cemetery, the country's largest. The tree-lined streets leading to the graves of Agha-Soltan and others were blocked by riot police, the witness said.

The witness said the mourners also identified and violently confronted several plainclothes Basiji militiamen.

"Police, police, support us," the mourners chanted. "God is great!"

But as the numbers mourners poured out of the nearby subway station and taxis along the highway, security forces retreated. One witness said police released detainees and began cooperating with the mourners, directing them to section 257 of the cemetery, where Agha-Soltan and others were buried. Mourners have been denied a permit to hold a ceremony in the city's Grand Mossala mosque later today, but protesters have said they will try to come together near the site of the mosque anyway, and march along nearby streets if they are prevented from entering the site....

1330 GMT: EPersian Radio is claiming that Mehdi Karroubi, 20 minutes ago in Behesht-e-Zahra, told those gathered to move towards the Grand Mosala.

1325 GMT: We've just posted the first video to come out of the memorial at Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery.

1305 GMT: BBC Persian, citing Press TV, says security forces have used tear gas to disperse mourners at Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery. (hat tip to a reader)

1255 GMT: Mohammad Khatami has issued another statement on detentions and interrogations, criticising the closure of Kahrizak Prison as a token move and declaring, "Those who are responsible must be dealt with and those abused must be compensated."

1245 GMT: Revolutionary Road is live-blogging on the memorial with details such as, "Mourners chant: 'Death to Dictator!' Basijis now chanting 'God is Great' too."

1234 GMT: Claim that Mehdi Karroubi has entered Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery.

1228 GMT: Claims of gatherings across Tehran, with largest at Ferdousi Square.

1218 GMT: BBC Persian reports that filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mahnaz Mohammadi have been arrested during today's memorial.

1209 GMT: Deutsche Welle is also reporting (in Farsi) on clashes and arrests at Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery.

Al Jazeera English has just cut to a correspondent in Tehran (on a rooftop far from the cemetery) who is repeating the news provided by Reuters.

1200 GMT: Not a word from "mainstream" media in their headlines but EPersian Radio is claiming to carry reports by cellphone from Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery.

1145 GMT: Witness to Reuters: "Police forced Mousavi to return to his car and leave the cemetery. Police are also warning mourners to leave the place or face the consequences."

1140 GMT: Reuters reports that Mir Hossein Mousavi has entered Behesht-e- Zahra cemetery to pay his respects to those killed in post-election violence. Marchers clung to his car, chanting "Mousavi we support you".

However, there are also UNCONFIRMED reports that he has been forced to leave by security forces.

1130 GMT: And So It Begins. It is now 4 p.m. in Tehran, and Reuters is reporting, via a witness, "Hundreds have gathered around Neda Agha-Soltan's grave to mourn her death and other victims' deaths....Police arrested some of them....Dozens of riot police also arrived and are trying to disperse the crowd."

1125 GMT: Saeed Mortazavi, the prosecutor of the Islamic Revolutionary Court and Prosecutor General of Tehran, has issued a statement announcing the first trials of detained protestors on Saturday and criticising the "enemies" who challenged the Presidential election, a "golden page [in] the book of religious democracy":

Once again we had to witness that the global imperialism lead by America and Britain did not accept one of the world s most democratic election and the will of you free people....Obviously some mercenaries and misled groups within the country were manipulated by foreigners, and by committing illegal and dishonest actions formed a base for the unrest of elements of the enemy.

Charges include "attacking military centres with weapons, firearms, and incendiary bombs", "attacking government centres and setting them on fire", "destroying public property", "creating panic among the people", and "contact with heretic and infidel groups".

1120 GMT: Peykeiran reports that "opposition" newspapers have been removed from the front of kiosks in Tehran since Sunday.

1100 GMT: A reader has pointed towards an Iranian blog on conditions in the Kahrizak prison, whose closure as a "non-standard" facility was ordered by Ayatollah Khamenei earlier this week. The author of the entry, who claimed he/she was detained for almost a month, writes of "200 people in single room, all beaten, bruised and wounded" and names six people who allegedly died in the prison.

1020 GMT: Revolution in Iran, drawing from a variety of sources, is maintain a running list of those who have died in the post-election conflict, adding names where possible. The list, updated yesterday, now has about 180 listed deaths with more than 60 persons identified.

1000 GMT: We've posted a separate entry, half in jest, half as serious comment on "media", on the approach of CNN to today's events: "Media Mischief --- The Return of #CNNFail?"

0753 GMT: Rooz Online breaks the news that Neda Agha Soltan's mother will NOT be at the memorial at her daughter's grave in Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery.

0745 GMT: Reconfirming the Memorial. Ghalam News, Mir Hossein Mousavi's website, still features its story from last night: "Commemoration of Martyrs Movement: Behest-e-Zahra, 1600 Hours on Thursday".

0730 GMT: New Move for Political Front? Rasoul Montajebnia, a deputy of Mehdi Karroubi's Etemad-e-Melli Party, has suggested that reformists form a "leadership assembly" including Mousavi, Karroubi and Khatami to lead all reformist groups in Iran.

http://roozna.com/2009/7/30/EtemaadMelli/981/Page/4/Index.htm

0720 GMT: How You Know the Regime is Nervous. Two notable stories from the "conservative" press:

Kayhan has claimed, "We have found documents proving that some of the rioters participating in the Tehran have been killed by some thugs hired by Mousavi and Khatami."

Fars News tops this, asserting that Neda Agha Soltan "is alive and in Greece"!

0715 GMT: Ayatollah Bayat-Zanjani has also responded to the Khatami-Mousavi-Karroubi letter. Summary is in separate entry.

0700 GMT: Summarising News on Detainees. From Parleman News:

Although a lot of publicity has been given to "the release of Said Hajjarian", he has not yet been freed.
Mohammad Tavassoli, the head of the political office of the Freedom Party, was released on Monday.
Journalist Aida Mesbahi has been released on bail.
Shadi Sadr, the attorney, was released on bail.
The families of attorney Abdulfath Soltani and journalist Abdoreza Tajik have been asked to post bail.
Mohammad Atrianfar has spoken with his family and seems to be in good health.
The families of Hengameh Shahidi and Somayeh Tohidlou are concerned because they have heard nothing regarding them.
Jila Bani-yaghoub has met with her mother. Bani-Yaghoub told her mother that she does not expect to be released soon. Her husband Bahman Ahmadi has also met his family.
The families of Saeed Laylez, Ahmad Zobd Abadi and Kaveh Mozaffari have been told that these individuals are quarantined and prohibited from meeting people.

0650 GMT: Ayatollah Montazeri has published a response to the letter from Mohammad Khatami, Mehdi Karroubi, and Mir Hossein Mousavi asking for intervention on the detainees issue. We've posted the English translation, as well as other statements by clerics, in a separate entry.

0530 GMT: The Iranian post-election conflict has been marked by a convergence of complicated, often hard to see, manoeuvres behind the scenes and of high-profile events. Today's planned "40th Day" memorial, set for 4 p.m. local time (1130 GMT) at the grave of Neda Agha Soltan in Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, is one of those events. It is the most prominent since the 17 July gathering for Friday prayers in Tehran and, arguably, the most significant since the first organised mass demonstration on 15 June, three days after the election.

Put bluntly, if the Green Movement can mobilise thousands of people on the streets of Tehran, whether or not they make it to Behesht-e-Zahra, and if Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi make their planned appearance, this will be the symbolic moment that shows --- seven weeks after the election --- that the Government has not been able to put down opposition. Conversely, if those thousands do not appear and if opposition leaders do not show up, it will be an indication that, while symbolic protests will continue, they will not put the pressure of mass activity upon the regime.

A sign of that importance is the return of some "mainstream" foreign media to the Iran story. The BBC is highlighting, "Iran Opposition Vows to Defy Ban", both in its broadcasts and on its website. Their reports have been bolstered, and indeed prompted, by a message from Neda Agha Soltan's mother expressing gratitude to those remembering her daughter. (Neda's mother will also be at Behesht-e-Zahra today, although it is unclear whether this will be as part of the 4 p.m. ceremony.) In contrast, Time magazine casts an ominous, even negative, shadow as "Tehran Braces for Another Day of Street Battles": "Although tens of thousands are expected to march in silence July 30,...many more will be staying home." (CNN and Al Jazeera English lag behind, with neither referring to today's plans.)

Understandably, the significance of this moment emerged in some confusion and nervousness amongst activists yesterday. The apparent change of plans from the 6 p.m. gathering in the Grand Mosala to the Behest-e-Zahra memorial took time to emerge, and with the Government-imposed difficulties in communication, the opposition feared that many would not get word of today's schedule. This morning there seems to be an easing of those concerns, and attention is turning to the response of the Government to the gatherings. An unconfirmed report last night asserted that the Supreme Leader's office had put out a communiqué ordering no use of force against marchers. If true, that would appear to be an acceptance of large crowds at Behehst-e-Zahra and, indeed, in the streets surrounding the cemetery.

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The blog Revolutionary Road, a useful source of information throughout the post-election crisis, has posted a list of names of more than 60 people killed or missing and more than 300 detained since 12 June:

Killed by Government Forces

Abolfazl Abdollahi (21 years Diploma in EE June 30 2009)
Neda Aghasoltan (Student Tehran 20 June 2009)
Vahed Akbari (34 years married with a 3-year-old girl Tehran June 30 2009)
Kaveh Alipour(Tehran15 June 2009)
Naser Amirnejad (Aerospace PhD student Tehran U.14 June 2009)
Sohrab Arabi(Tehran June 2009)
Mohammad Asgari (IT department Interior Ministry TehranJune 2009)
Kianoosh Assa (chemistry student at Elm va Sanaat University Tehran June 2009)
Fatemeh Barati (Tehran June 20)
Yagoub Barvayeh( masters degree student in Theater at Tehran University June 2009)
Sarvar Boroumand (Tehran June 25 2009)
Mobina Ehterami (Tehran June 20)
Mostafa Ghanian (Graduate student Tehran U.14 June 2009)
Mohsen Hadadi (24-year-old computer programmer Tehran June 30 2009)
Iman Hashemi (Tehran June 30 2009)
Masoud Hashem-Zadeh (Tehran June 30 2009)
Farzad Hashti( Tehran June 2009)
Mohammad Hossein Barzegar (Tehran June 27 2009)
Mohsen Imani ( Tehran June 20)
Seyed-Farzad Jashni (Abdanan from Ilam province lost in Tehran June 30 2009)
Bahman Jenabi (Shop worker Tehran20 June 2009)
Mehdi Karami( killed in Jonat Abad Street Tehran15 June 2009)
Shalar Khazri (Tehran June 2009)
Masoud Khosravi (Tehran June 25 2009)
Parisa Koli (25-year-old general Graduated literature Tehran June 31 2009)
Hamid Maddah Shorcheh (Mashhad June 2009)
Iman Namazi (student at Tehran University June 25 2009)
Nader Nasseri (Tehran June 30 2009)
Mohammad Nikzadi ( 22 year old graduate in Civil Tehran June 26 2009)
Mehrdad Heydari(Journalist Mashhad 12 July)
Davood Sadri (Karaj June 2009)
Fahimeh Salahshoor ( 25 years Tehran June 24 2009)
Ali Shahedi ( 24 years Tehranpars after arrest June 31 2009)
Kasra Sharafi (Tehran June 20)
Kambiz Shojaii (Tehran June 20)
Ashkan Sohrabi Student (Tehran20 June 2009)
Seyed-Reza Tabatabaii ( 30-year accounting degree Tehran June 30 2009)
Vahid-Reza Tabatabaii (29 years BA in English Tehran July 3 2009)
Salar Tahmasbi (27 years student of Business Administration Rasht June 30 2009)
Hossein Tahmassebi (25 was beaten to death in Kermanshah 20 June 2009)
Mohammad Kamrani (student Tehran 16 July)
Arman Estakhripour (18 years old student Shiraz 14 July)
Alireza Eftekhari (Student, Journalist Abrar-e eqtesadi newspaper 30 June)

Saeed Abbasi (24 years old ,Tehran 20 June)
Ahmad Naeem Abadi (Tehran ,15 June)
Salar Ghorbani Param (22 years old ,Tehran,unknown date)
Hossein Toufanpour (Tehran 20 June)
Tina Soudi (Student ,Tehran,20 June)

Hossein Akhtar Nejad (Isfahan ,unknown date)
Maryam Mehr Azin (24 years old Tehran)
Hossein Akhtar Nejad (Isfahan ,unknown date)
Maryam Mehr Azin (24 years old Tehran)
Milad Yazdan Panah (30 years old Tehran)

Hamed Besharati(26 years old Tehran)
Babak Sepehr(35 years old Tehran)
Neda Asadi
Amir Kaviri (Tehran)
Moharram Chegini Qeshlaqi (34 years old Tehran)
Mohammad Hossein Feizi (26 years old Tehran)

Ramin Ramezani(22 years ols Tehran)
Saeed Esmaeeli Khanbebin (23 years old Tehran)
Ali Fathalian(Tehran)
Taraneh Mousavi (arrested 28 June ,died on unknown date)
Mr. Mo’azez (27 years old Tehran)
Masoud Hashemzadeh(27 years old,Tehran,20june)

Arrested University Students

Ali Abbasi (student at Mazandaran University)
Sohrab Ahadian ( student at Tehran University arrested June 17 when the Tehran University Dormitories were violently attacked)
Ali Ahmadi (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Sogan Alikhah ( student at Mazandaran University arrested June 22)
Vahid Amirian ( student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Reza Arkouzi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Mohammad Bagher Shabanpour ( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Rouholah Bagheri ( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Hojat Bakhtiari (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Mohsen Barzegar (student at Babol Engineering Univeristy arrested June 18)
Farhad Binazadeh (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Milad Chegini (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Adrin Jalali (25 years old MA student Tehran arrested 14 June)
Mohammad Davoudian (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Mahmoud Delbari (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Ali Dinavari (student at Mazandaran University)
Mosaab Ebrahimi (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Karim Emami (student was arrested during the attack on the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14)
Naseh Faridi (student at Teacher Training Universtiy arrested June 17)
Marjan Fayazi (student at Mazandaran University arrested June 22)
Esmaieel Ghorbani (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Siavash Hatam (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Farshid Heydari Zamin (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Mohammadreza Hohabadi ( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Mohammad Hossein Emami (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Milad Hosseini Koshtan (student at Mazandaran University)
Bahareh Hosseini (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Elaheh Imanian (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Reza Jafarian (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Esmaiel Jalilvand ( a student activist in Shiraz University arrested 21 June)
Seyed Javad hosseini (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Fazolah Joukar ( student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Mohammad Karimi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Mohammad Khansari (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Behnam Khodabandeh lou (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Nastaran Khodarahimi (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Alireza Khoshbakht (an expelled graduate student arrested June 17)
Alireza Kiani ( student at Mazandaran university)
Mostafa Mehdizadeh (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Shouaneh Merikhi (student at Mazandaran University)
Erfan Mohammadi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Mehdi Mosafer (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Ziaoldin Nabavi (secretary of the Education Rights Council arrested 16 June)
Hamdollah Namjou ( a student activist in Shiraz University arrested 21 June)
Ali Nazari (student at Mazandaran University)
Amin Nazari ( student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Hesam oldin Bagheri (student at Babol Engineering Univeristy arrested June 18)
Ghamdideh Olum( student was arrested during the attack to the TehranUuniversity Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Saeed Parvizi (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Iman Pourtahmasb( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Ebrahim Raidian( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Ali Raiee (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Ali Refahi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Omid Rezaiee (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Seifolah Rmezani (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Farhan Sadeghpour( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Siavoush Safavi (student at Mazandaran University)
Saman Sahebjalali (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Hanif Salimi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Siavash Saliminejad( student at Babol Engineering Univeristy arrested June 20)
Iman Sedighi (student at Babol Engineering Univeristy arrested June 18)
Majid Selahvand( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Pouria Sharifian (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Iman Shaydaieezaban( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Hamed Shaykh alishahi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Farhad Shirahmad( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Nahid Siahvand (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Omid Sohravi ( student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Imani ( student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Farshad Taheri (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Zahra Tohidi (an expelled graduate student arrested June 17)
Somayeh tohidlou (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Ezat Torbati (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories midnight on June 14)
Mehdi Torkaman (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Rahman Yaghoubi ( student at Mazandaran university)
Maziar Yazdani ( student at Mazandaran university)
Ashkan Zahabian (student at Mazandaran University)
Hadis Zamani (student at Bualisina University in Hamedan)
Naser Zamani (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14)
Nima Nahvi ( Babol Uni student arrested 1 July)
Ashkan Aghazadeh (26 years old ,student, Tehran arrested on 9 July)
Mohammad Ali Salehi (22 years old ,Student , Tehran ,arrested 17 June)

University Professors

Alborzi (university Professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin)
Ardeshir Amirarjomand( chair of UNESCO-s Democracy and Human Rights Program at Shahid Beheshti University)
Darvish( university Professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin)
Fazli (university Professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin)
Imani( university Professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin)
Izadi (Professor of Bualisina University in hamedan arrested June 16 2009)
Majzoubi(University Professor at Bualisina University in Hamedan arrested June 13 2009)
Hossein Reisian( university Professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin arrested June 21 2009)

Journalists

Bahman Ahmadi Amoui( journalist arrested 21 June)
Mahsa Amraiee (Journalist arrested 14 June)
Karim Arghandehpour (reporter for pro-reform newspapers Salam Vaghieh and Afaghieh)
Maziyar Bahari (an Iranian-Canadian dual national journalist and the representative of Newsweek in Iran)
Zhila Baniyaghoub( journalist and editor in charge of the Iranian Women-s Center website arrested 20 June)
Behzad Bashou (Cartoonist arrested 14 June)
Alireza Beheshti Shirazi ( editor in charge of banned daily Kalameh and the website Kalameh Sabz former director of the Iran Participation Front)
Mostafa Ghavanloo Ghajar( arrested 22 June)
Mohammad Ghouchani( journalist and editor in charge of daily Etemad e Meli arrested 18 June)
Mashallah Haydarzadeh( journalist in Boushehr arrested 14 June)
Sayed Khalil Mirashrafi (TV producer arrested 14 June)
Hassan Maadikhah (director of the Zareh Publication and son of Abdolmajid Maadikhah the former Cultural and Guardiance Minister)
Hamideh Mahouri( journalist in Bushehr arrested 14 June)
Rajabali Mazrouiee( head of the Journalists Association arrested 20 June)
Shiva Nazarahari (a member of the Reporters of Human Rights Committee and a journalist arrested 13 June)
Mojtaba Pourmohsen (journalist and Radio Zamaneh-s representative in Rasht arrested 15 June)
Clotilde Reiss (journalist and graduate student at the eminent Lille Political Sciences Institute June 2009)
Kayvan Samimi Behbahani (editor in chief of the closed monthly Nameh and human rights activist arrested 14 June)
Rohollah Shahsavar( journalist was arrested in Mashhad arrested 17 June)
Amanolah Shojaiee( journalist in Bushehr arrested 14 June)
Hossein Shokouhia( journalist in Bushehr arrested 14 June)
Fariborz Soroush (arrested in Karaj)
Abdolreza Tajik( journalist arrested 14 June)
Somayeh Touhidlou( sociologist and blogger in the Road of Health)
Mahsa Amrabadi (journalist and blogger in Tehran arrested 14 June)
Masoud Bastani ( journalist in Tehran arrested 5 July )
Issa Saharkhiz (Journalist Tehran arrested 4 July)
Kambiz Norouzi (Journalist Tehran arrested on 28 June )
Sima Didar (Blogger and activist)
Mehdi Zaboli (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)
Tohid Beygi (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)
Majid Saeedi (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)
Satiar Emami (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)
Marjan Abdolahian (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)
Kourosh Javan (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)
Saeed Movahedi (Photographer , arrested date :unknown)

Political personalities and members of the reformist presidential candidates campaigns

Ali Abtahi (senior adviser to Karroubi-s Campaign former Deputy of Parliament Office of President Khatami)
Ahmad Afjeiee( member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Hedayatollah Aghaiee( a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi party)
Maryam Ameri( member of Karroubi-s Campaign)
Mohsen Aminzadeh (a founding member of the Iran Participation Front and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Khatami-s cabinet on June 16)
Hojatollah Amiri( in Tabriz)
Amir Ariazand (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Reza Arjaini (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan)
Mohammad Atrianfar( a leading member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi Party and journalist arrested 16 June)
Ehsan Bagheri( member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Emad Bahavand( member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Jalal Bahrami (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan)
Mehrdad Balafkan( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Mehrdad Balafkan (member of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization in Isfahan)
Mohsen Bastani (member of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization in Isfahan)
Qorban Behzadinejad (director of Mir-Houssein Moussavi-s campaign arrested on 24 June)
Adel Dehdashti( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Mahmoud Ebrahimi (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Javad Emam (a member of Tehran branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization)
Hojat Esmaieli( a member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization)
Naseh Faridi (member of Karroubi-s Campaign)
Ghafar Farzadi( in Tabriz)
Laya Farzadi (in Tabriz)
Bagher Fathali Baygi( member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan)
Mansour Ghafari( in Tabriz)
Hamzeh Ghalebi (member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Siamand Ghiyasi (member of Karroubi-s Campaign in Kermanshah)
Saeed Hajarian( a senior adviser to reformists a journalist)
Payam Haydar Ghazvini (student in Gazvin)
Amir Hossein Jahani( in Tabriz)
Dadizadeh( in Tabriz)
Ghafarzadeh( in Tabriz)
Panahi( in Tabriz)
Seyflou( in Tabriz)
Shabeti (in Tabriz)
Shamlu (in Tabriz)
Soltaniazad (in Tabriz)
Hamed Iranshahi( member of the Central Council of Advar organization arrested June 16)
Majid Jabari( in Tabriz)
Mohammad Jafari (member of Karroubi-s Campaign in Kermanshah)
Mohammadreza Jalaieepour (a student in Oxford and in charge of the website of the youth branch of the Iran Participation Front arrested June 17 in Tehran Airport)
Bahram Kardan( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Mojtaba Khandan( member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Morteza Khani( member of Karroubi-s Campaign)
Jahanbakhsh Khanjani (a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi Party and former spokesperson for the Internal Affairs Ministry in Khatami-s presidency)
Mehdi Khodadadi( in Tabriz)
Ebrahim Khoshchehreh (a political activist in Lahijan and member of National Religious Activits arrested 21 June)
Saeed Laylaz( prominent economist and Journalist arrested June 17)
Ali Mehrdad (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Fatahi( member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Homaiee (member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Nikkhah (member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Zakeri( member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Mahdian Minavi( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Mohsen Mirdamadi (General Secretary of the Iranian Participation Front and former parliamentarian disappeared on 17 June)
Ali Mohaghar( a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi party)
Ashkan Mojaleli( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Abdolah Momeni (member of the central council of the Advar organization and its spokesperson arrested 21 June)
Behzad Nabavi (a founding member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization arrested 16 June)
Hesam Nasiri (member of the Moussavi-s Campaign in Tehran)
Farhad Nasrollahpour (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Shahin Nourbakhsh( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Saeed Nourmohammadi (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Bagher Oskouiee (member of Karroubi-s Campaign)
Baghier Oskouiee( leading official in Karroubi-s campaign arrested 16 June)
Abbas Pourazhari (in Tabriz)
Ali Pourkhayri (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Rhdah Rahimipour (in Tabriz)
Mojtaba Rajabi (student in Gazvin)
Abdollah Ramezanzadeh (Vice president of the Iran Front Participation coordinator of the reformist campaign in Kurdistan and former government spokes person during Khatami-s presidency)
Atar Rashidi (student in Gazvin)
Sadegh Rasouli (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan)
Mohammad Reza Ahmadinia (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Ahad Rezaiee (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan)
Nasim Riahi (student in Gazvin)
Mohsen Rouzbehan (member of Moussavi Campaign in Khorasan)
Mohsen Safaiee Farahani ( member of the Iran Front Participation and the head of its Implementation Board and former president of the Football Federation)
Rouholah Sahraee( member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Musa Saket( a member of the Advar Tahkim Vahdat and in charge of the campaign seeking supporters of Karroubi arrested 18 June)
Kaveh Servati (member of Moussavi Campaign arrested 20 June)
Rouholah Shahsavar( member of Moussavi Campaign in Khorasan)
Jalil Sharabianlu (a prominent MD and surgeon in Tabriz)
Saeed Shirkvand( member of Central Council of Iran Participation Front and former Deputy of Treasury in Khatami-s cabinet)
Mohammad Shokuhi (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Davoud Solaymani (a member of the Central Committee of the Iran Participation Front and former parliamentarian)
Abdolfatah Soltani (a human rights lawyer and one of the founding members of the Human Rights Defenders Center as well as a member of Executive Board of the Bar Association arrested 16 June)
Khoshchehreh (Son of Ebrahim Khoshchehreh was arrested in Lahijan on 21 June)
Shahabobdin Tabatabaiee( the head of the Youth Supporters of the Moussavi Campaign)
Ali Taghipour (member of the Iran Participation Front)
Ali Tajernia( a member of the Central Committee of the Iran Participation Front and former parliamentarian)
Mostafa Tajzadeh (a member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization arrested on 13 June)
Mohammad Tavasoli (director of the political office of the Freedom Movement in Iran and first Mayor of Tehran after the 1979 Revolution arrested 16 June)
Mansour Vafa (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan)
Maysam Varahchehre( member of the Iran Participation Front)
Ali Waghfi (member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran)
Mehdi Yarbahrami( in Tabriz)
Rahim Yawari( In Tabriz)
Hanieh Yousefian
Kuroush Zaieem (a member of the Central Council of the Iran National Front arrested 21 June)
Hossein Zaman( a well-known pop singer whose works have been banned from State controlled Radio and Television because of his support for the reformist movement)
Ahmad Zaydabadi (general secretary of the Advar organization and journalist arrested June 13)
Saeed Zeraatkar (member of the Freedom Movement of Iran)
Ayda Mesbahi(member of Mosharekat front arrested 22 June)
Hossien Ezat Zadeh (member of central committee, Tehran 21 July)
Asghar Fanni Pour (member of central committee, Tehran 21 July)
Hossien Mojtahedi(member of National Front , Tehran 21 July)
Ali Ghaderi (member of National Front, Tehran 21 July)
Hamid Mojtabaiee(member of National Front, Tehran 21 July)
Ali Ghaderi (member of National Front, Tehran 21 July)
Hossien Riahi (member of National Front, Tehran 21 July)
Mr. Komeilian (member of National Front, Tehran 21 July)

Arrested and Released

Amin Afzali (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories midnight on June 14 and released later)
Ahmad Ahmadian (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Reza Alijani (political figure arrested 14 June and released the day after)
Vahid Anari (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Ebrahim Azizi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Mohammad Bolourdi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Siavash Fiaz (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Mohsen Habibi (Mazaheri student)
Navid Haghdadi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Hossein Hamedi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani (and her daughter and two other members of Rafsanjani-s Family were arrested on 20 June and released after 30 hours)
Sayed Hossein Mirzadeh (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Habib Khadangi( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Zahra Mojaradi (a member of the Iran Participation Front arrested 13 June and released on 14 June)
Hossein Noubakht( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Kazem Rahimi Olume( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Taghi Rahmani (political figure and journalist arrested 14 June and released the day after)
Mohammad Reza Hokmi (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Mohammad Reza Khatami (member of the Central Committee of Iran Participation Front, brother of former president Khatami)
Morteza Rezakhani( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released late)
Hoda Saberi (journalist arrested 14 June and released the day after)
Amin Samiee (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Bahram Shaabani (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Saeed Shariati (a member of the Iranian Participation Front arrested 13 June and released on 14 June)
Alireza Shaykhi( student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Eskandari (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Javad Yazdanfar (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later)
Ebrahim Yazdi( General Secretary of the Iran Liberation Movement arrested June 14 from the Pars Hospital in Tehran and was taken back to the hospital on June 15 for further surgery)
Maysam Zareiee (student was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later)
Bita Samimi (22 years old , Physics student and activist at Amirkabir Uni ,arrested 27 June and released 5 July )
Hossein Rassam (44 years old, UK embassy worker arrested on 27 June ,unknown date released)
Iason Athanasiadis (30 years old , arrested at airport on 22 June and released 5 July)
Mehdi Khaz’ali (44 years old, son of Ayatollah Khaz’ali, arrested on 29 June, released 21July)
Majid Dori (an expelled student at Alameh Tabatabaiee University in Tehran was violently arrested on 21 June in his home , released on 9 July)
Mitra Farahani (34 years old , filmmaker living in Paris , arrested 17 June and released 30 June)
Zeynab Peighambarzadeh (27 years old , Women’s and student rights activist ,Tehran arrested 6 July ,released 7 July)

Human Rights, Students' Rights, and Women's Rights Activists and Lawyers

Mohammad Ali Dadkhah (Human rights activist and lawyer Tehran arrested 8 July)
Shadi Sadr (Lawyer , human rights activist and journalist in Tehran arrested 17 July)
Kaveh Mozaffari (Women rights activist and journalist Tehran arrested 9 July)
Abolfazl Abedini (Head of PR for Human rights activist and journalist Ahvaz arrested 30 June)
Peyman Aref (Student activist arrested 6 July)

Missing people

Hooman Fakhar (32 years old ,worked for Mousavi campaign ,reportedly taken away by police)
Hooman Haghighat (24 years old , unheard of since 17 June)
Hasan Kazemini(19 years old Tehran)

Recent Arrests

Bijan Khajehpour(42 years old ,Business and economic consultant ,arrested at airport 27 June)
Dr. Hossein Sheikh Aghai (Cartoonist ,Mahabad)
Taher Faramarzi (Head of machinery spare parts union,Mahabad)
Karim Sufi Moloudi (author ,Mahabad)
Jafar Vahab Pour (Head of Kaveh union Area artifacts Board,Mahabad)
Hasan Atash Poush (Mahabad)
Soleiman Parviz Khani (Shopkeeper,Mahabad)
Javad Sedighifar (29 years old ,Tehran arrested 20 June)
Mohammad Kazem Zadeh (24 years old Tehran arrested 9 July)
Farhad Lashgari (26 years old Tehran arrested 9 July)
Jalil Nourifar (30 years old Tehran arrested 25 June)
Mohammad Hossien Vosoughi (32 years old Tehran arrested 17 July)
Amin Moghbeli (25 years old Tehran , arrested on 9 July )
Salar Najjar Zadeh (31 years old ,Tehran, arrested on 9 July)
Arash Mohammadi (27 years old.Tehran arrested 20 June)

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2110 GMT: According to his son, pro-reform journalist Isa Saharkhiz has been seized and taken to an undisclosed location.

2015 GMT:Reports that women's rights activist Zeynab Peyghambarzadeh was arrested today in the "Mothers of Martyrs" rally in Laleh Park.

2000 GMT: Now This is Interesting. According to Iran Labor News Agency, Former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, in a meeting with the families of detainees, has said post-election events had caused "bitterness" while denying there was a power struggle in the Islamic state: "I don't think that (anybody with a) vigilant conscience is satisfied with the current situation."

Rafsanjani's manoeuvre should be seen as an attempt to get as much political leverage as possible while distancing himself from any call for massive change: "I hope with good management and wisdom the issues would be settled in the next days and the situation could improve ... We should think about protecting the system's long-term interests."

So Iran's ultimate politician is not going to make any challenge to the Supreme Leader. But here is the unknown from the interview: what does he propose as the fate of President Ahmadinejad?

1805 GMT: We're waiting to get details from a reported national TV broadcast by the Iranian President after the evening news. Meanwhile, here's a bit of political humour from Mr Ahmadinejad:

Addressing Iranian heads of medical universities on Saturday, President Ahmadinejad offered to debate President Obama at the United Nations headquarters in New York before the eyes of all nations of the world.

Given that the legitimacy of the 12 June election has yet to be accepted by a significant portion of the Iranian population, let alone the international community, we can only presume that Mr Ahmadinejad made the offer with a very wide smile on his face.

1650 GMT: Etemade Melli has published a lengthy account of Mehdi Karroubi's meetings with the families of detainees, including former Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi.

1630 GMT: Another intervention in the clerical debate. The Assembly of Instructors and Researchers at the seminary in Qom have issued a statement calling the Government illegitimate.

1330 GMT: Lawyer Saleh Nikbakht says that Iranian authorities are going to try detained reformist leaders and Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari on charges on endangering national security. Those facing trial include former Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi, former Deputy Minister of Economics Mohsen Safaei Farahani, former Presidential spokesman Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, and former Minister of Industry Behzad Nabavi.

1300 GMT: Irony Alert. Iran's Press TV English spends several minutes on the "illegal detention" of former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and other activists in Israel and, with apparent innocence, never mentions the possibility of "illegal detentions" closer to home.

Later in the broadcast, Press TV spends an excruciating five minutes, propped up by British journalist Yvonne Ridley, on its full and fair coverage of the post-election conflict and the contrasting intrigue and manipulation of the BBC.

1245 GMT: We're waiting for any news on the "protest in the parks" by mothers of the detained and killed and by other members of the opposition campaign.

Meanwhile, Fintan Dunne has picked up on Robert Dreyfuss's challenging article in The Nation, "Iran's Green Wave". Dreyfuss, who was in Iran in the run-up to the election, is dramatic in his analysis, "A victory by the opposition--as unlikely as it appears in the wake of the regime's crackdown--might let in a lot of fresh air....It's that scenario that Khamenei, Ahmadinejad and their IRGC and Basij allies are determined to resist at all costs. And they're prepared to unleash Tiananmen Square levels of violence to make sure it doesn't happen."

Indeed, I think is over-dramatic, both in the portrayal of the aims of the challenge to the election process and its aftermath and in the easy invocation of "Tiananmen Square". As an observation by an empassioned observer who had first-hand experience of the excitement up to the 12 June crisis, however, it's well worth a read.

1030 GMT: As always, Josh Shahryar's "Green Brief" summary on Anonymous Iran is worth a read. Most of the developments have also been reported here, but this information is new to us and of possible significance:

The main University of Sistan o Baluchistan has been shut-down by the government, according to unconfirmed reports. Furthermore, students from the university were dragged out of their dorms and sent home....The Association of Iranian University Graduates has released a statement claiming that, “the government was out to suppress opposition by any means possible escalating from the rigged elections.” Dozens of Iranian university professors have a signed a letter expressing deep anger for the attacks made by security forces on Iranian universities and students.

0945 GMT: More on yesterday's story that former President Hashemi Rafsanjani had declined to lead Friday prayers in Tehran. Media close to Rafsanjani report today that this indicates Rafsanjani is "resigning" from his clerical and political roles.

0910 GMT: More on the Manoeuvring Amongst the Clerics. Friday prayers in Qom, the religious centre of Iran, offer an important clue to a "middle ground" solution. Ayatollah Ebrahim Amini, who is also a leading member of the Assembly of Experts, said "errors had occurred" during the election and called on all four Presidential candidates to "come together and give help and cooperation".

0900 GMT: Piling on the Pressure. In an editorial in the "conservative" newspaper Kayhan, Hossein Shariatmadari, an advisor to the Supreme Leader, has accused Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mohammad Khatami of "horrible crimes and treason" and added, ""It has to be asked whether the actions of (Mousavi and his supporters) are in response to instructions by American authorities." Shariatmadari asserts that Mousavi is trying to "escape punishment for murdering innocent people, holding riots, cooperating with foreigners and acting as America's fifth column inside the country."

0845 GMT: Nothing to See Here. Go Away. Today's coverage on the Press TV website of the situation in Iran?

"Tokyo has taken a neutral stance towards the recent post-election unrest in Iran, undermining the mainstream portrayal of the events in Tehran" and....

“Western countries have now realized their stance on the Iranian elections was undoubtedly out of line,” head of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said.

Not a single word on the site about the internal political manoeuvres, either of the regime or the opposition campaign.