Hundreds of police in Iran have been deployed around Tehran University to prevent protests against President Ahmadinejad.

Iran’s state TV today has reported the country’s top electoral authority has ruled out annulling the results of the disputed June 12 election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was named the winner.

Tens of thousands of black-clad protesters filled the streets of Tehran again today, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes over Iran’s disputed election.

Supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi are protesting in the capital Tehran for the fourth straight day over the disputed Iran presidential election.

Iran's opposition announced a third day of street demonstrations today as the country's most powerful military force warned of a crackdown against online media in its first pronouncement on the deepening election crisis.

The British government has criticised Channel 4’s decision to broadcast an Alternative Christmas Message by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

A Christmas Day message of peace and goodwill from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran must be “treated very carefully”, Jewish groups said today.