After the relatively free - if sporadic - flow of news, tweets, video and photographs from Iran the past several days, today saw a tighter clampdown, with the government officially banning foreign media from covering rallies and taking further efforts to block online communications. Though photographs from inside Iran are now more rare, there are still a few available. Collected here are three mini-collections: images of reactions from Iranians abroad and the international community, images of pro-Ahmadinejad rallies from Iran -allowed under current restrictions-, and several photos from continued rallies held today in support of reformist Mir Hossein
Mousavi. 27 photos total
Mousavi. 27 photos total
London, England - Iranian protesters hold a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in central London on June 16, 2009. SHAUN CURRY/AFP/Getty Images
Copenhagen, Denmark - A woman holds a banner as more than 1,000 exiled Iranians and Danes Tuesday June 16, 2009 protested at the City Hall Square in Copenhagen against the elections in Iran. Among speakers were Danish politicians and leaders of the Iranian society in Denmark. AP Photo/Peter Hove Olesen/POLFOTO
Now, from inside Iran, photographs allowed under the new official restrictions:
AFP photographer Olivier Laban-Mattei follows the news on TV in his hotel room in Tehran on June 16, 2009, after the Iranian authorities' decision to ban the foreign media from covering "unauthorised" rallies. The ban, which also applied to a counter-demonstration that was given the backing of the Tehran regime on June 16, came a day after the Islamic republic's disputed presidential election sparked deadly clashes. OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images
Supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wave national flags and other banners and portraits during a rally held in Tehran's Vali Asr square on June 16, 2009. The rally, called by the Islamic Propagation Council, was staged at the same as a rival gathering by supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. ALIREZA SOTAKBAR/AFP/Getty Images
A woman attends a state-organized rally in a square June 16, 2009 in central Tehran, Iran. Thousands attended a rally organized by Iran's clerical regime. Iran banned foreign media from covering rallies in the country and Iran's Guardian Council reportedly said that they would recount some of the votes in presidential election that critics say was unfairly won by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinehjad. Getty Images
In this image issued by the government run Fars News Agency, demonstrators attend a state-organised rally in a square in central Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Thousands of people waving Iranian flags and pictures of the supreme leader massed Tuesday at a rally organized by Iran's clerical regime but the government barred foreign media from covering the rally. AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Hamed Malekpour
And, also from inside Iran today, despite official restrictions, photographs of continued demonstrations and protests by supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi:
Iranian supporters of defeated reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi demonstrate June 16, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. Iran banned foreign media from covering rallies in the country and Iran's Guardian Council reportedly said that they would recount some of the votes in presidential election that critics say was unfairly won by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinehjad. Getty Images
In this frame grab taken from amateur video, supporters of Iranian reformist opposition leader Mir Hossien Mousavi demonstrate in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday June 16, 2009. Thousands of protesters rallied in Tehran in support of Mousavi, according to witnesses and video footage. AP Photo/APTN, Amateur Video
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