Iran’s increasingly isolated opposition leader appeared to be backing away from confrontation with the government over the country’s disputed elections today.

Iran’s top electoral body today rejected calls to scrap the country’s disputed election, ending hopes of a rerun demanded by angry opposition supporters.

ACADEMICS on both sides of the Atlantic are now openly calling for the resignation of Government chief science advisor Dr Barry McSweeney, who is embroiled in continuing controversy over the origins of a doctorate he received in America.