KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysian police used teargas to break up a crowd of around 700 Iranians demonstrating outside the United Nations mission against Iran's contested presidential election.
- The demonstrators gathered on Monday after a landslide victory for hardliner President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Friday’s election.
- The Iranians, mostly students, reportedly began to gather at the Wisma UN in the afternoon and refused to disperse after repeated requests, even after police shot the warning tear gas.
- Malaysian police started shooting the tear gas into the crowd, which shouted Iranian slogans and sang songs.
- The Iranians dispersed under heavy police tear gas later and a massive traffic jam was seen in the area, local media said.
- Ahmadinejad beat challenger Mirhossein Mousavi in Friday's poll and the opposition has charged the incumbent with rigging the polls which triggered protests in Iran.
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