Ahmadinejad supporters had come out, too, and transformed affluent north Tehran into a Basij rally.

Sharam offered to take us to a party in north Tehran.

A coatrack in the foyer was draped in black; in north Tehran, women left their chadors at the door.

Now he rarely leaves his home in north Tehran, appearing only in pictures and statements on his own Web site.

Rahesabz.net, an opposition website said that protesters have also gathered in front of state TV in north Tehran.

He was killed in north Tehran on his way to work, at about the same time of the morning, by a bomb strapped to a motorcycle.

Instead it runs through university faculties and the leafy suburbs of north Tehran where Iran's academic elite make their homes.

The student news agency ISNA said there were 200 people outside the compound in the Qolhak garden of north Tehran.

The Alborz Mountains have long provided refuge, clean air, and exercise for the residents of north Tehran.

On a leafy side street in north Tehran, three floors of desks and computers gather dust behind a padlocked gate.