For the fourth day since the disputed presidential election, the battle of the rallies played out on the streets of Tehran, with supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad turning out in their thousands waving banners with pictures of the president, of the country’s supreme leader and anti-western slogans as Moussavi backers went back to the streets to defy an offical ban.

©AFP An image grab from official Iranian satellite TV shows supporters of Mir Hossein Moussavi at a rally in Tehran (Photo: AFP/Getty)

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©Reuters A picture posted on Twitter shows the damage at the Tehran University dormitory after clashes set off by the disputed presidential election (Photo: Reuters)

©AFP A picture posted on Twitter's photo-sharing website TwitPic shows supporters of Mir Hossein Moussavi at a rally in Tehran (Photo: AFP)

©AFP President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran walks out on international stage with Emomali Rakhmon of Tajikistan, Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan and Hamid Karzai of Aghanistan at the Shanghai Co-operation Organization summit (Photo: AFP)

©Getty Supporters of Mir Hossein Moussavi, defeated Iranian presidential candidate, run in the streets during protests in Tehran (Photo: Getty)

©Getty Supporters of Mir Hossein Moussavi, the defeated presidential candidate, hold a demonstration in Tehran (Photo: Getty)

©AFP Supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iranian president, wave national flags and the flag of Lebanon's Hezbollah group during a rally in Tehran's Vali Asr square (Photo: AFP)

©AFP Supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iranian president, wave national flags and other banners and portraits during a rally held in Tehran's Vali Asr square (Photo: AFP)

©AFP Clerics who support Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iranian president, take part in a pro-government rally in Tehran's Vali Asr Square (Photo: AFP)

©AFP Women supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iranian president, during a rally in Tehran's Vali Asr square (Photo: AFP)

©AFP A supporter of Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iranian president, holds up a portrait of the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a pro-government rally held in Tehran's Vali Asr square (Photo: AFP)

©AFP Thousands of people, some carrying posters of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attend a state-organised rally in a square in central Tehran (Photo: AFP)

Fire burns at a Basij militia base after the rally (Photo: Reuters)

A man lies on the back of a taxi after being injured by gunfire (Photo: AP)

A demonstrator spray-paints a slogan in Farsi on Tehran's Freedom Tower (Photo: AP)

A suspected member of a pro-government militia is taken away during the rally (Photo: AP)

Iranian worshippers shout slogans in support of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speech during Friday prayers at Tehran University (Photo: Reuters)

Speaking at Tehran University, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the leaders of those protesting against the election results that they would be held responsible for the unrest and declared his support for President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad (Photo: Reuters)

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad listens as Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gives his sermon (Photo: Reuters) Previous image Next image