Ahmadinejad opponents shout protests from rooftops

Iran’s hardline president shrugged off post-election violence as “passions after a soccer match” and drew his own huge rally of support as protesters battled police and shouted their opposition from the rooftops.

Cries of “death to the dictator” echoed through Tehran just after sunset yesterday, as thousands of backers for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi, heeded a call to bellow from the roofs and balconies.