Thousands of people joined a protest against the Iranian authorities in central Berlin on Saturday after the first round of presidential elections. Police put the number on Bebelplatz and Unter den Linden in the city centre at around 6,000 by mid-afternoon, with protestors continuing to join the demonstration. The organizers had registered a protest for up to 8,000 participants, with members of the German parliament also expected to attend. The National Council of Resistance of Iran, an opposition movement set up in 1981 and banned within the country, had called for the protest on Friday, when…