Worldwide Iran election protests

People of Iranian origin hold banners and images purporting to show Neda Agha Soltan, centre, allegedly killed during a protest in Tehran, as they protest against the regime in Iran, during a demonstration in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. The death of the woman identified as Neda Agha Soltan was captured on amateur videos and spread around the world in less than 48 hours on YouTube, Facebook, blogs and Twitter.(AP Photo/Keystone/Walter Bieri)

A man attaches an Iranian flag to a statue of John Cockerill, a prominent British-Belgian 19th century industrialist, during a protest in Brussels, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. People gather to express their solidarity with opposition supporters in Iran who risk confrontation with police if they take to the streets in their country. (AP Photo/Jim Buell)

Israelis of Iranian descent take part in a rally outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv showing solidarity with anti-government protesters in Iran June 23, 2009. Iranian authorities said they would teach an exemplary lesson to \"rioters\" held in the worst unrest since the birth of the Islamic Republic, and accused Western powers on Tuesday of inciting the violence. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL CONFLICT POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Iranians living in Greece and demonstrators shout slogans as they hold up flags and placards portraiting slain Iranian woman Neda Agha-Soltan during a protest against the recent Iranian elections, outside the Greek Parliament in Athens on June 23, 2009. A video of a blood-drenched young woman named Neda, purportedly killed in the Tehran protests, has become an Internet symbol of the demonstrations and heightened pressure on Iran in its battle with foreign media. AFP PHOTO / Louisa Gouliamaki (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Iranians hold up photos taken during clashes in Iran following the presidential election during a demonstration near the Iranian embassy in Paris, Monday June 22, 2009, to protest the outcome of the presidential election in Iran. Iranian riot police attacked hundreds of demonstrators with tear gas and fired live bullets in the air to disperse a rally in central Tehran Monday, carrying out a threat by the country's most powerful security force to crush any further opposition protests over the disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Iranian children demonstrate at passing motorists during a protest against the recent Iranian elections, outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 22, 2009. A video of a blood-drenched young woman named Neda, purportedly killed in the Tehran protests, has become an Internet symbol of the demonstrations and heightened pressure on Iran in its battle with foreign media. The video, showing blood pouring from the nose and mouth of the young woman, was placed online Saturday and has since been viewed hundreds of thousands of times around the world. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF SOLTAN ** Iranians light candles in front the image of Neda Agha Soltan, who was reportedly killed when hit by a bullet during a protest in Tehran two days ago, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, June 22, 2009. Hundreds of supporters of reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi attended a silent rally today. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Demonstrators protest against the Iranian election in front of the White House in Washington June 21, 2009. Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi urged supporters to continue protests over the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a direct challenge to the Islamic Republic's leadership. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES POLITICS ELECTIONS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

epa01768868 Protestors light candles during a demonstration against the outcome of the presidential election in Iran in front of the Austrian parliament in Vienna, Austria on 21 June 2009. EPA/HERBERT NEUBAUER

BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 21: Demonstrators hold up images of death protesters in Iran during a demonstration by approximately one thousand mostly-expatriate Iranians on June 21, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The demonstrators were protesting the increasing violence in Iran as well as what they see as manipualted election results in favour of incumbent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Photo by Till Budde/Getty Images)

Jun 20, 2009 - Los Angeles, California, USA - A demonstration at the Federal Building in Los Angeles in solidarity for the protesters in Iran who are facing a violent crackdown against challenges to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's reelection. This demonstration is one in a series this week in Los Angeles, California (Credit Image: © Jonathan Alcorn/ZUMA Press)

Jun 19, 2009 - Seattle, Washington, USA - Friends Audineh Asaf, left, and Arezou Arefi-Afshar light candles at a vigil held in solidarity with protesters and voters in Iran in the wake of recent presidential election results indicating incumbent Mahmoud Ahmaddinejad defeated challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi in a landslide, at Red Square on the Campus of University of Washington in Seattle, USA. (Credit Image: © Mike Kane/ZUMA Press)

Demonstrators organized by several groups, including Reporters Without Borders, perform during a demonstration to protest human rights abuses in Iran, outside Spain's Foreign Ministry in central Madrid, Friday, June 19, 2009. Protesters carried banners reading, 'Where is my vote?' and 'For a secular Iran' and 'Human rights for Iran'.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Jun 19, 2009 - Paris, France - Protesters in Paris against the results of the Presidential elections in Iran in front of the Iran Ambassy in France. Green color is in support of Mousavi. (Credit Image: © Jean Marmeisse/ZUMA Press)

A protester who has her face painted in the colors of the Iranian flag with a blooded hand, as protesters gather outside the Iranian Embassy in London, Thursday June 18, 2009. Demonstrators gathered in many capitals around Europe on Thursday to protest the disputed Iranian presidential election and the regime's treatment of its critics. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)

A woman cries at a demonstration against the controversial outcome of the presidential elections in Iran in Stuttgart, Germany, 18 June 2009. Some 250 participants demonstrated on the market square. Photo: MARIJAN MURAT (Credit Image: © DPA/ZUMA Press)

Iranians demonstrate near the National Assembly in Paris, Thursday June 18, 2009 protesting the outcome of the presidential election in Iran. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

A woman lights a candle as about 300 people demonstrated against the outcome of the Iran elections in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, June 18, 2009. Iranian opposition leader Mousavi called his supporters into the streets of Tehran Thursday for a fourth day of protests and urged them to dress in black to mourn those killed in violent clashes over the disputed presidential election. The call for opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to rally again was in open defiance of the country's supreme leader, who has urged the nation to unite behind the Islamic state. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 18: Iranian supporters of defeated reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi gather outside the Iranian Embassy on June 18, 2009 in London, England. Thousands of people have continued to protest in the streets of Tehran today with expectations of an even larger protest tomorrow as a day of mourning is planned for the eight people killed in Monday's protests. Iran has banned foreign media from covering rallies in the country and Iran's Guardian Council reportedly said that they would recount some of the votes in presidential election that critics say was unfairly won by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinehjad. on June 18, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Shahram Homayoun, president of Channel One, is shown on a control room monitor as he broadcasts from his satellite television station in Los Angeles, California June 17, 2009. Channel One TV is one of several Farsi-language TV and radio outlets in Los Angeles that are bringing news, images and the voices of political turmoil in Iran to a worldwide audience, including Iranians subjected to a government-imposed media blackout in their own country. REUTERS/Alex Dobuzinskis (UNITED STATES POLITICS MEDIA)

A man reacts as around 300 people attend a demonstration against the outcome of the Iran elections, in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, June 18, 2009. Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi called his supporters into the streets of Tehran Thursday for a fourth day of protests and urged them to dress in black to mourn those killed in violent clashes over the disputed presidential election. The call for opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to rally again was in open defiance of the country's supreme leader, who has urged the nation to unite behind the Islamic state. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Supporters of Iranian opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi demonstrate in Irvine, Calif., Wednesday, June 17, 2009, in solidarity with Iranian protestors over the recent elections. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

epa01764853 An Iranian woman supporter of the last Iranian Presidential elections candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi takes part in a protest against the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Iranian Consulate, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), 18 June 2009. EPA/SONZA GABRIEL

Iranians demonstrate near the National Assembly in Paris, Thursday June 18, 2009 protesting the outcome of the presidential election in Iran. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

BERLIN - JUNE 17: Supporters of the Iranian political opposition hold signs showing photographs from protests in Tehran at a demonstration against the recent elections in Iran on June 17, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Demonstrations are continuing in Tehran against hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and what the demonstrators claim are manipulated election results. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Iranian soccer fans hold signs during 2010 World Cup qualifying soccer match between Iran and South Korea in Seoul June 17, 2009. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA SPORT SOCCER)

An Iranian soccer fan, wearing a shirt displaying a photo of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, shouts during the 2010 FIFA World Cup Asia group 2 qualifying soccer match against South Korea at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June, 17, 2009.(AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

Demonstrators and anti-globalization activists occupy the Iranian pavilion of the Venice Art Biennale to protest the violence and media clapdown in Iran following disputed election on June 17, 2009. The Iranian exhibition at the 53rd Art exhibition of the Venice biennale is entitled \" Hope for the future\". AFP PHOTO / ANDREA PATTARO (Photo credit should read ANDREA PATTARO/AFP/Getty Images)

Iranians protest against the disputed election win of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in front of the Iranian embassy in Kuwait City on June 17, 2009. About 50 young men and women gathered outside the Iranian embassy, carrying banners reading \"where is my vote Nejad\" and \"Mousavi, we support you.\" About 70,000 Iranians live and work in the oil-rich Gulf state of Kuwait. AFP PHOTO/YASSER AL-ZAYYAT (Photo credit should read YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)

Iranians demonstrate in The Hague, on June 17, 2009 against the violence in their country. The Dutch foreign minister have protested against Tehran's bloody post-election crackdown and called for the immediate release of detainees. AFP PHOTO ROBIN UTRECHT netherlands out - belgium out (Photo credit should read ROBIN UTRECHT/AFP/Getty Images)

Demonstrators attend a protest in support of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi in Vienna June 16, 2009. Iran's top legislative body on Tuesday ruled out annulling a disputed presidential poll that has prompted the biggest street protests since the 1979 Islamic revolution but said it was prepared for a partial recount. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA CONFLICT POLITICS ELECTIONS)

NEW YORK - JUNE 16: Demonstrators protest the Iranian election results outside United Nations headquarters June 16, 2009 in New York City. Pro-reformers in Iran are questioning Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's win in the disputed election. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Women take part in a demonstration in support of leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, seen in image a centre back, near the Iranian embassy in Paris, Tuesday June 16, 2009, protesting the outcome of the presidential election in Iran. The clerical government appears to be trying to defuse popular anger and quash unrest by announcing the limited recount even as it cracks down on foreign media and shows its strength by calling supporters to the streets. (AP Photo/Laurent Emmanuel)

epa01762871 German Police prevent expat Iranians from storming the Iranian consulate during a demonstration against the actions taken by the Iranian authorities after the contested reelection of President Ahmadinedschad, in Hamburg, Germany, 16 June 2009. Members of the Iranian community in Hamburg had called for solidarity with hundreds of thousands opposition supporters taking to the streets in their home country. EPA/FLORIAN RITTER

Emriati riot police stand guard as an Iranian protestor holds a crossed picture of the Islamic republic's re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, labled \"Dictator\", during a demonstartion outside the Iranian consulate in Dubai on June 15, 2009. More than 200 Iranians, supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, protested the re-election of Ahmadinejad. Mousavi, a wartime prime minister who lost to Ahmadinejad by a wide margin in the June 12 vote, lodged a formal appeal on June 14 in Tehran, calling for the results of what he has branded a vote-rigged \"charade\" to be annulled. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANI (Photo credit should read MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Malaysian police fire tear gas into a group of Iranian students to disperse them after a rally outside the United Nations office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, June 15, 2009. The students were protesting over the results of their home country's disputed election. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Iranian protesters shout slogans against the newly elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in front of the United Nations office in Kuala Lumpur on June 15, 2009. Police fired five tear-gas shells to disperse the protesters, numbering about 200, who were marching on the road with banners and shouting slogans. AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Telna Barseghian, of Glendale, Calif., holds an Iranian flag and a sign opposing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a rally in Westwood section of Los Angeles, Sunday, June 14, 2009. The rally was held to protest the outcome of the presidential election in Iran. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Mike Ebrahimi, foreground, and Ali Rashidy have Iranian flags painted on their faces during a rally in Westwood section of Los Angeles, Sunday, June 14, 2009. The rally was held to protest the outcome of the presidential election in Iran. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

epa01760934 Iranians living in Holland demonstrate near the embassy of Iran in The Hague against the election victor president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday 14 June 2009. They were protesting over what they believe to be vote fixing. EPA/Ed Oudenaarden

Protestors gather outside the Iranian embassy in west London on June 14, 2009 to demonstrate against what they believe were unfair elections in Iran that resulted in President Ahmadinejad remaining in his position. The government in Iran has since arrested up to 100 reformists after riots broke out across the country. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)

Iranian opposition supporters demonstrate in front of the Iranian embassy in Berlin, Sunday, June 14, 2009. Protesters set fires and smashed store windows Sunday in a second day of violence as groups challenging President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election tried to keep pressure on authorities that have responded with anti-riot squads and blackouts of Web networks used to rally the pro-reform campaign. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)