Mousavi rally draws tens of thousands

TEHERAN: Tens of thousands of Iranians chanted support for defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi in Teheran yesterday, protesting against the result of the election won by incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is great), they converged on Revolution Square, where Mousavi was expected to call for calm after two days of the capital's most violent unrest in years.

"Mousavi, take back our votes," the marchers chanted as they waited for an appearance by Mousavi and other pro-reform leaders who back his call for Friday's election result to be overturned.