TEHRAN-- Iran's election authority has agreed to recount votes in the disputed presidential election, government-funded Press TV said Tuesday.
The Guardian Council -- which is made up of top clerics and judges -- said it will recount votes that the opposition questioned in Friday's race.
The surprise announcement came as supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and those of the man he claims to have trounced in last week's vote were planning rival marches -- raising the specter of more violence as the country entered a fourth day of post-election unrest.
Seven people were killed on Monday night in the capital, Tehran, after they allegedly attacked a military post. Earlier in the day, another person was reportedly fatally shot at the end of a massive rally by supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi.
Press TV said Tuesday that the seven were killed when they tried to damage a military post near Azadi, or Freedom, Square.
The surprise announcement came as supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and those of the man he claims to have trounced in last week's vote were planning rival marches -- raising the specter of more violence as the country entered a fourth day of post-election unrest.
Seven people were killed on Monday night in the capital, Tehran, after they allegedly attacked a military post. Earlier in the day, another person was reportedly fatally shot at the end of a massive rally by supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi.
Press TV said Tuesday that the seven were killed when they tried to damage a military post near Azadi, or Freedom, Square.
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