Hundreds of thousands of people have staged a rally in central Tehran to show support for defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Moussavi despite a denial by Interior Ministry to issue a permit for the rally.

Reports say there was not enough time for the Moussavi headquarters to inform the people of the cancellation of the rally.

Moussavi and another defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi are attending the rally to alleviate any possible conflict between pro-Moussavi supporters and anti-riot polic.

According to our correspondent Amir-Mehdi Kazemi reporting from Enqelab St., the rally is being peaceful and protesters have avoided any conflict so far.

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