Tens of thousands of mourners joined the funeral procession for Iran’s most senior dissident cleric today.

An international human rights group said an Iranian family only learned of the death of their 19-year-old son weeks after he was shot during a demonstration against the country’s disputed presidential election.

AN EERIE calm settled over the streets of Tehran yesterday as state media reported at least 10 more deaths in post-election unrest and said authorities arrested the daughter and four other relatives of ex-President Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of Iran’s most powerful men.

International human rights organisations today warned that many prominent activists and politicians have been arrested in Iran in response to protests over the country's disputed presidential election.