One day after protests took place in several Iranian cities, the online world is buzzing with reports of those who died, were injured or arrested in Monday's demonstrations.
In the aftermath of protests, several members of the country's parliament called for reprisals against the opposition leaders who called for the marches.
So far, two of the protesters have been confirmed dead by government sources who claim that the men - Sana Jaleh, 26, and Mohamad Mokhtari, 22 - were killed by members of an outlawed group, the People's Mujahedeen of Iran.
The group denied the allegations on Tuesday, saying that government security forces had "crushed the demonstrators, firing live rounds and tear gas at them".
Jaleh and Mokhtari are named as "martyrs" by the government.
'Iran enemies' blamed
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, said that the "enemies" who planned the anti-government protests in Tehran will fail to achieve their goals.
"It is evident and clear that the Iranian nation has enemies because it is a country which wants to shine and achieve its peak and wants to change relations (between countries) in the world," Ahmadinejad said in a live interview on state television on Tuesday.
"Of course there is a lot of animosity, even against the government. But they (protest planners) will not achieve their goals," he added.
Meanwhile, there is a chatter on the 25 Bahman Facebook page, where the demonstrations were organised, about a plan to hold a memorial for Jaleh at the arts university in Tehran on Wednesday morning.
There is a video posted on YouTube, purporting to be from Tuesday night, in which shouts of "Death to the dictator" can be heard being shouted from rooftops.
Al Jazeera has attempted to contact demonstration mobilisers to confirm if the above events are happening. They did not respond to the inquiry.
Amnesty International, the London-based rights group, has called for an investigation into the deaths and injuries reported in Monday's protests.
A statement released on its website on Tuesday said that "the Iranian authorities have singularly failed to allow a largely peaceful demonstration to proceed", and that plainclothes security personnel "repeatedly beat the demonstrators with batons after surrounding them"
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