Riots continue in Tehran

PROTESTERS set fires and smashed store windows yesterday in a second day ofviolence as groups challenging President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election tried to keep pressure onauthorities.

Anti-riot police lashed back and the regime blocked internet sites used to rally the pro-reform campaign.

Ahmadinejad dismissed the unrest – the worst in a decade in Tehran – as “not important.” He said Friday’s vote was “real and free” and insisted the results showing his landslide victory were fair and legitimate.