Iranian security forces stormed a series of opposition offices today, rounding up at least seven prominent anti-government activists in a new crackdown against the country’s reformist movement, opposition websites and activists reported.

TENS of thousands of supporters of Iran’s defeated presidential candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, demonstrated for a sixth straight day yesterday, keeping up the pressure on the Islamic regime over the disputed vote.

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.

Iran’s ultra-conservative new president yesterday broke his silence on Israel and declared the Jewish state was a “disgraceful blot” that should be ”wiped off the map”.