Iran's Interior Ministry has denied a permission for the opposition to hold a mourning ceremony for the dead protestors over the results of the June election, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday, Xinhua reported.
Referring to the request for a permission for the ceremony by the defeated opposition leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the political general director of Interior Ministry Abbas Zadeh-Meshkini said to Fars that "it is clearly announced that no permission has been issued for anybody or any political group (to hold the ceremony) these days."
Mousavi and Karroubi have already made a request to the Interior Ministry to hold a mourning ceremony in Tehran's grand Mosalla (prayer venue) for the killed in protests over the disputed results of Iran's presidential election in June.
To keep the country's political atmosphere "in peace", Iran's government has already rejected several requests of the defeated leaders for holding demonstrations or ceremonies.
On June 13, the Iranian Interior Ministry announced incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won 62.63 percent of the total ballots, while his main rival Mousavi got 33.75 percent.
After the official declaration, all the three defeated candidates filed complaints over irregularities in the election, while Mousavi and Karroubi demanded an annulment of the election.
Mousavi's supporters participated in massive rallies in Tehran and other cities following the disputes. Iran's state media said at least 20 people had been killed in relevant clashes, including some in custody.
More than 1,000 protestors and dozens of reformist activists were reportedly arrested in the wake of the disputed election. The authorities said that most of them have been released.