Tehran Protests Against Election

Date: December 27, 2009 • Location: Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of

During protests in Tehran against the recent presidential election, Iranian security forces opened fire on demonstrators.

After incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared victory in the 2009 Iranian presidential election, protests broke out in major cities across Iran in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. The protests continued until 2010, and were titled the Iranian Green Movement by their proponents, reflecting Mousavi's campaign theme, and Persian Awakening, Persian Spring or Green Revolution.