Iran's supreme leader has said the nation "will not yield to pressure" over a disputed presidential election
June 24 (BBC).─ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei again said the result would stand, despite protests in which several people have died.
The main protest leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, has not been seen in public for days, but his website quoted his wife saying protests would continue.
Eyewitness reports said about 200 protesters had tried to gather in central Tehran on Wednesday.
The Iranian news channel Press TV reported that they had been dispersed by security forces. It said the gathering, in Baharestan Square, had been planned in advance and there was a heavy police presence. Severe reporting restrictions placed on the BBC and other foreign media mean many reports from the country cannot be verified independently.
On Mr Mousavi's website, his wife Zahra Rahnavard was also quoted as demanding the release of people detained since the election, who include 25 employees of her husband's newspaper.
"It is my duty to continue legal protests to preserve Iranian rights," she was quoted as saying on the website.
Street protests
At least 17 people have been killed in street protests since the 12 June poll returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power ...
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