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Protest actions restored in Tehran

22 June 2009 17:13 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports quoting international news agencies.
Moussavi has alleged fraud and filed a complaint with Iran’s Guardian Council, which oversees elections, but he said the council had not remained neutral in Friday’s vote.
In Tehran, Moussavi surfaced in a sea of protesters who flooded Azadi -- "Freedom" -- Square on Monday, wearing an open-neck striped shirt and waving to supporters. Iran’s Press TV reported hundreds of thousands of people attended the rally
Though the event, the largest protest in Iran since the 1979 revolution, was largely peaceful, at least one person was reported to have been shot to death near its end. Demonstrations continued into Monday night, with Moussavi’s supporters taking to rooftops to chant "God is great" -- an echo of the 1979 revolution that established the Islamic republic.
Hundreds of riot police were deployed at the edge of Monday’s march, but did not intervene. However, Press TV reporter Amir Mehdi Kazemi said he heard gunshots at the rally and at least one person, a boy, appeared to be injured by the gunfire.
Italy is willing to open its embassy in Tehran to wounded protesters in coordination with other European nations, the Italian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
"The Italian embassy will be able to accept requests, despite the fact that the proper place for the care of the injured remains the hospital," Maurizio Massari, a spokesman for the foreign ministry, told reporters.
Italy, which has called on Tehran to avoid further bloodshed and seek a peaceful solution to the protests, has already instructed its embassy in Iran to assist wounded protesters but has not yet received requests for help, the ministry said.