Iran protesters ask for Google's support

Iran is currently gripped by a political crisis after last Friday's re-election of hardliner President Ahmadinejad. Hundreds of thousands and possibly as many as a million people from all sections of Iranian society have taken to the streets for mass protests throughout the week.

So far eight people have been killed in the demonstrations, while one man who is said to have released the "real" election results, showing a heavy defeat for Mr Ahmadinejad has died in a suspicious car accident.

The website, whereistheirvote.x10hosting.com, said it was "writing to all Iranians who are seeking peace and freedom against war," to support a call for Google to change it's logo for the day.

The proposed logo is green, the colour of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, and features the flag of Iran, a white dove and a drop of blood symbolising peace and those killed in the protests.

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At 12:14 British time over 298,000 had voted on the website in favour of the change (78 per cent), whilst 86,000 were against (22 per cent).

Opponents of the regime have already been aided by a decision by Twitter to delay essential maintenance work on its site. With heavy media restrictions in Iran, Twitter is one of the few methods for Iranians to communicate news with each other and with the outside world.

It later emerged that the US government requested Twitter to delay the work, although President Obama has insisted the US should not be seen to be "meddling" with the election results.