[Iran Press TV Latest] Hours after the Leader of the Islamic Revolution formally approved the second-term presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, clashes erupt between security forces and protestors in Tehran. According to a Press TV correspondent, riot police were deployed in the capital on Monday after about 2,000 protestors opposed the formal endorsement of President Ahmadinejad following the June 12 election. The police clashed with supporters of defeated presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir-Hossein Mousavi between the two squares of Valiasr and Vanak and used tear gas to disperse the protestors, the Press TV correspondent added. Leading opposition figure Karroubi reportedly took part in Monday's demonstrations in a central street in Tehran.
According to witnesses, the police presence was strong and the security forces prevented protestors from gathering together. Car drivers stuck in traffic joined the street marchers by honking their horns as they feared arrests for stepping out of their cars, Ayandenews reported.
Monday's protests in Tehran came as part of a series of opposition demonstrations that swept across the country after the disputed poll. In protests on Thursday, thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran's main cemetery, Behesht-e-Zahra, and around the Grand Mosalla to commemorate those killed in the country's post-election unrest. Tehran's police commander later announced that at least 50 protestors were arrested on the mourning day.