[Los Angeles Times] Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim - Hundreds of thousands of Iranian protesters defied authorities Monday and marched to Tehran's Freedom Square, as Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered an investigation into allegations of voter fraud after the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The crowd - estimates of which ranged to more than 1 million - defied Interior Ministry warnings broadcast on state television and radio that anyone showing up would be beaten or worse, and even ignored defeated presidential candidate Mousavi's last-minute call to cancel the event.
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