At least one dead in Iran and many more injured

After days of unrest across Iran following the results from Friday's poll police have fired on protestors. Reports say that at least one person has been killed and many more injured.

The government placed a ban on protests and warned Mir Hossein Mousavi that he would be responsible for the actions of his supporters. Despite this estimates say that more than half a million demonstrators marched through Tehran in a 5 mile long procession chanting "Down with the dictatorship" and "We want freedom". Many held placards saying "Where's my vote?" and "Ahmadinejad, not my president".

These demonstrations come after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of Friday's ballot taking 63% of the vote. The results were followed by claims of vote rigging and accusations of electoral misconduct. Mr Mousavi claimed that there were several "obvious violations" of electoral procedure and that a lack of ballot papers had led to millions being denied the right to vote. He said that "The result of such performance by some officials will jeopardise the pillars of the Islamic Republic and will establish tyranny." All three of Ahmidenjad's opponents are calling for a re-run and have asked Iran's Guardian Council, a powerful body of clerics, to cancel the result, calling it "illegitimate and unacceptable".

Reports also say that the government is trying to quash a new wave of cyber-dissent. The online dissidents have posted on blogs, uploaded videos to facebook and have been using online sites such as twitter to make their voices heard. Sources suggest that the government is blocking access to the internet, however, international users have been establishing proxy servers so that Iranians can get news out of the country. Most notably Stephen Fry, comedian and broadcaster, tweeted "Our Iranian friends can access Twitter from 148.233.239.24 Port:80 in Tehran. Can avoid govt filters from here." Others have said "There is a Cyberwar going on" and encouraged others to overload government websites.

One twitter user sent this message from Iran "we only want freedom - we are peaceful - we have no life no future in IRI without freedom". Another said "it is very hard here - we are under big pressure and risk - we are being tracked on twitter". Also online there have been reports of people's homes being invaded across Tehran and satellite dishes confiscated to prevent flow of news, however, these are currently unconfirmed.

The demonstrations are expected to continue and notifications of more rallies are being posted online. One twitter user posted "Tomorrow, tuesday there WILL be another gathering at ValiAsr Sq. 5 PM" and sources inside Iran say that Mousavi is calling for a national strike.

(Boozhooz News would like to thank those users of twitter and others online for reporting from Iran, their courage in relaying the news to the international community has been vital in reporting this story.)