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Senior opposition figures were put on trial in Tehran on Saturday
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is entering the week of his re-inauguration as Iran's president amid allegations that election protesters were tortured.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is due to endorse him as winner of the 12 June vote in the next few hours, and he will be sworn in on Wednesday.
Election challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi accused the authorities of using torture to extract confessions.
About 100 reformists and activists were put on trial in Tehran on Saturday.
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Both Mr Mousavi and former President Mohammad Khatami denounced the hearings which continued on Sunday. The charges include conspiracy, rioting and vandalism.
They were among thousands of Iranians who rejected the official declaration that Mr Ahmadinejad had won the election.
Televised confessions have been broadcast, in which a former vice-president, among others, thanked his interrogator for showing him the error of his ways, the BBC's Jon Leyne reports.
It looks more like an attempt to intimidate the opposition, than to present credible evidence, our Tehran correspondent says. source: bbc.com