US President Barack Obama has warned Iran to stop all "unjust action against its own people", after another day of protests over the presidential poll.
Witnesses said security forces used batons and live ammunition in clashes with protesters, who had gathered in defiance of the country's leader.
Mr Obama urged Iran's leaders to "govern through consent, not coercion".
Defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi repeated calls for the election to be annulled on the grounds it was rigged.
Mr Obama, in a statement from the White House on Saturday, said: "The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.
It was Mr Obama's second statement in as many days on the Iranian crisis.
On Friday he warned the country's clerical leadership: "The whole world is watching."
"The Iranian people will ultimately judge the actions of their own government."
link: BBC NEWS | Middle East | US urges Iran to end 'violence'
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