Here are the latest #IranElection developments that Breaking Tweets can confirm via private messages, direct messages and updates from credible Twitter accounts in Iran.

On Saturday, Mir Hossein Mousavi, the reformist candidate who lost to Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in the presidential election, encouraged people to continue protesting the Iran election results, despite a call from the Supreme Leader to cease resistance other than legal means.

Mousavi said in an address on the streets, ”People, no longer have fear. If I am arrested, people should engage in an indefinite strike. I’m ready to die.” This account was relayed from both reliable Twitterers and @LaraABCNews, Middle East correspondent for ABC. His campaign also wrote on its Twitter account (@mousavi1388) and Facebook page that Mousavi is “preparing for martyrdom.”

On Saturday, each of the following can be confirmed via multiple Iranian Twitterers BT has found to be reliable (again, their names will be anonymous to protect their identity):

• Multiple deaths as a result of the protests and bodies lying in the streets of Tehran by night
• A woman died after being shot apparently by a member of the Basij
• Strong security disrupted a major protest from occurring in Tehran, creating barricades that kept people divided, leading to various isolated incidents
• Riot police and guards repeatedly struck protesters with clubs and batons
• Chants of “Allaho Akbar” (God is great) and “Death to the Dictator,” as well as gunfire, were heard loudly on Tehran rooftops at night
• Cell phone service went down throughout Iran at night

There are unconfirmed reports of the following:

• Suicide bombing at the masoleum of the former Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei in South Tehran
• Members of reformist campaigns and their relatives arrested
• Protestors and security forces exchanging gunfire in various locations

As for Mousavi’s latest words, they are his strongest yet. They show he is willing to continue his fight against the election results, which his campaign has viewed as fraudulent and rigged. While the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said the election cannot be rigged because Ahmadinejad won by 11 million votes, a source in Iran told Breaking Tweets that many believe the results were flipped, and Mousavi won by 11 million votes, a sentiment echoed by some independent media in the region.

Check back for more as the situation continues to develop.

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