Three protesters who were arrested in the violent unrest that occurred after the disputed Iranian elections in June have been sentenced to death. The report came from the ISNA news agency on Saturday.

US President Barack Obama, flanked by UK Prime Ministoer Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, demanded on Friday that Iran open up a previously covert nuclear fuel facility to international inspectors. The three leaders made the announcement before the opening of the G-20 economic summit in Pittsburgh.

Despite earlier calling for an investigation into Iran's presidential election, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday indicated that the vote had not been rigged, warning protesters to halt massive demonstrations.

As violence and unrest continues to spread, opposition leader and defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi urged supporters on Wednesday to stage protests or gather in mosques tomorrow. These events would be staged to mourn those already killed in protests since last weekend's disputed election.

You might think the President of Iran is the ultimate power in that country. In reality that rests in the hands of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has ordered the Guardian Council to examine allegations of voter fraud in the recently held Iranian elections.

In the wake of the, many would say, unexpected victory by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Iranian presidential election on Saturday, reports have arisen that moderate candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is under house arrest.

A senior ally of Mir Hossein Mousavi said the moderate candidate was set to defeat current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as polls remained open later to allow citizens to vote.

According to Iran's ILNA news agency, Iran's government has blocked access to social networking site Facebook ahead of the June 12th presidential elections. The reason: to stop supporters of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi from using the site for his campaign.