Iran's opposition call for rally

The Iranian opposition has called for a rally on Sunday to mark a week since the deaths of two people in February 14 clashes between security forces and opposition protesters in Tehran, The Washington Post reports. The opposition maintains the dead were killed by government forces.

Last week's rally, called by opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi in solidarity with the Egyptian uprising, was the largest demonstration by the opposition in more than a year, the newspaper says.

On Sunday Karroubi sent an open letter to the judiciary, reaffirming his backing for opposition demands on his website.