Hundreds of Thousands Take To The Streets In Tehran

Despite Iranian authorities annoucing that today's planned rally for Mir Hossein Mousavi was banned and rumors that Mousavi had canceled huge numbers of people have taken to the streets of Tehran.

Here is YouTube video from BBC Persia with a heading claiming millions which is probably an exaggeration:


(via PA)

The BBC and AP are both reporting that the crowds have been fired upon with at least one protester killed, they are also both placing the crowd size at hundreds of thousands.

More video is available at the BBC site.

Earlier today Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered a review of the election results, which certaintly doesn't seem like the tactics that would be employed if they were planning on upholding the election and stifling dissent.