TIMELINE: Iranian election and aftermath

(Reuters) - Here is a summary of the main developments since Iran's June 12 presidential election, which took place against a background of tension with the West over Tehran's nuclear program.

June 13 - Hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad officially wins presidential election with nearly 63 percent of the vote compared with 34 percent for reformist challenger Mirhossein Mousavi, authorities say. Thousands of protesters clash with police. Mousavi calls result a "dangerous charade."

June 14 - Mousavi says he has formally asked Iran's Guardian Council to annul the election.

June 15 - Seven people are killed during a huge march by Mousavi supporters in central Tehran, state media says. There are also pro-Mousavi demonstrations in the cities of Rasht, Orumiyeh, Zahedan and Tabriz.

June 16 - The Guardian Council says it is ready to carry out a partial recount of ballots but rules out annulling the poll.

-- Thousands of pro-Mousavi demonstrators march in northern Tehran. Ahmadinejad's supporters mobilize thousands of demonstrators in central Tehran.

-- Authorities ban foreign journalists from leaving their offices to cover street protests.

June 17 - Thousands march in central Tehran.

-- Ahmadinejad defends the legitimacy of the vote, telling a cabinet meeting it has "posed a great challenge to the West's democracy," Mehr news agency reports.

June 18 - Thousands of Mousavi's backers rally in Tehran to mourn those killed in the mass protests.

-- Iran's English-language state television reported eight people killed in five days of protests.

June 19 -- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says protest leaders will be responsible for any bloodshed if rallies continue against the election, which he says Ahmadinejad won fairly by 11 million votes.

June 20 -- The Guardian Council says it is ready to recount a tenth of the votes in the disputed election.

-- Riot police are deployed in force, firing teargas and using batons and water cannon to disperse groups of several hundred Iranians who had gathered across Tehran.

-- A suicide bomber blows himself up near the shrine of Iran's revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency reports.

-- State television says more than 450 people are detained during clashes in Tehran in which at least 10 people are killed including Neda Agha-Soltan who, according to her fiance, had been caught up accidentally in the protests. Graphic footage of the woman's death is seen around the world on the Internet.