Tehran mass protest keeps pressure on regime over poll result

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.

The rally came as electoral watchdog, the Guardians Council, said it was investigating a total of 646 complaints of irregularities in the conduct of the poll from Mousavi and the other two defeated candidates.

It said it had invited the trio to set out their grievances tomorrow, with a decision on Sunday about any possible recount in the June 12 election which returned hardline incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power.