In Tehran, arrested 457 participants of protest actions.

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On Saturday in the capital of Iran's protest, organized by the supporters of presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, demonstrations escalated into clashes with police. Police to disperse the demonstrators with tear gas, batons and water cannons. Witnesses reported dozens injured in clashes with police.
According to the Iranian news agency FARS, invoking the law enforcement authorities, as a result of the riots injured 40 police officers, property damage caused by 34 buildings, which housed government.
The opposition launched a protest in Tehran after the announcement of the results of presidential elections held on 12 June. According to official figures, at the election with a significant superiority defeated the incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, as opposition world-Hossein Mousavi scored just over 30 percent of the vote. Moussaoui declared that, during voting and during the processing of ballots had been violated and called for re-election. The government of Iran, in turn, stated that only willing to hold partial recount of votes.
June 19, Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on fellow citizens for calm, saying that rallies can not change the election results. In addition, he recognized the legitimate victory to incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. However, the opposition decided to continue the protest.
Iranian authorities have banned foreign media coverage of the protest, so the only source of information about events in Tehran have public media and communications from eyewitnesses on the Internet. According to witnesses, as a result of collisions of police and demonstrators in Iran killed at least 19 people, official Tehran, information about the victims will not confirm.