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Thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets of Tehran and other

cities, chanting slogans against the government, Sahamnews reported.

 

"Security forces and plainclothescoach outlet 2011 agents fired teargas and clashed with

demonstrators in Tehran to disperse them," another opposition website

Kaleme reported.

 

"Protesters have formed groups in hundreds and are marching toward

Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Square."

 

Potesters demanded the release of Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi,

forced to stay in their homes in Tehran since February 14. In the

meantime, thousands of their Coach pursessupporters have taken to the streets,

defying a heavy security presence, to back uprisings in Egypt and

Tunisia, Sahamnews said.

 

Seeking to avoid a revival of mass anti-government rallies that erupted

after a disputed 2009 presidential election, the authorities had warned

against any "illegal" gatherings after some opposition websites posted

calls for a rally on Tuesday.

 

"Riot police attacked protesters with batons and electric shocks in

Tehran," Kaleme reported.

 

Two people were killed and Coach pursesdozens arrested during a February 14 rally,

the first big show of opposition since the elite Revolutionary Guards

crushed street protests in December 2009.

 

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, which has staff in

the United States and Germany, quoted an "informed source" as saying

Mousavi and Karoubi, along coach purses outlet online with their wives, had been moved from their

homes to a "'safe house' in an area close to Tehran."

 

The judiciary denied reports on Monday that the two had been jailed.

Their arrest might ignite tension in the Islamic Republic with hardline

rulers wary about any spillover of popular turmoil in the Arab world

into Iran.

 

In London, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement

he was deeply concerned coach purses outlet online by reports that Mousavi and Karoubi had been

moved from their houses to an Iranian detention center.

 

"I call on the Iranian authorities to release both men immediately,"

Hague said, adding that calls by pro-government Iranian

parliamentarians for the opposition leaders to be executed were

"inexcusable."

 

Sahamnews said "tension was increasingly growing" in Tehran and some

other cities, adding that large numbers of security personnel were

stationed at main streets and squares in Tehran "to prevent gathering

of opposition supporters."

 

"Gunshots were heard around Enqelab (Revolution) Square and nearby

streets," Kaleme reported.

 

Hardliners have urged the judiciary to hand down death penalties to

opposition leaders, accusing them of being part of a Western plot to

overthrow the Islamic system.

 

Mousavi and Karoubi, who spearheaded coach purses outlet online protests against President Mahmoud

Ahmadinejad's re-election in 2009, say the reform movement is still

alive despite mounting pressure on opposition supporters.