On Iran télévision, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says: "Iran protests 'going nowhere'", that the opposition are the enemies and "tarnish the Iranian nation's brilliance".
In central Tehran, security forces kill two people and several wounded in clashes.
For US President Barack Obama, "I find it ironic that you've got the Iranian regime pretending to celebrate what happened in Egypt, when in fact they have acted in direct contrast to what happened in Egypt by gunning down and beating people who were trying to express themselves peacefully," he told reporters on Tuesday.
Iran's president dismissed the protests in Tehran and other major cities:
"It is clear the Iranian nation has enemies because it is a nation that wants to shine, conquer peaks and change [its international] relations," he said.
BBC Article link, Iran protests 'going nowhere'
