PARIS - A VIDEO of a bloodstained young woman, which is being portrayed as a woman killed in the Teheran protests, has been shown around the world and become an Internet symbol of the demonstrations.

The video showing blood pouring from the nose and mouth of the young woman was put online on Saturday and has since been viewed hundreds of thousands of times around the world. International media have taken grab pictures from the film.

The film reportedly shows a woman named Neda moments after she is hit by a shot while protesting with her father and thousands of others in a Teheran street.

There have been mass protests in Teheran against the disputed president election victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Photos of the young woman have been used during demonstrations around the world, from Istanbul to Los Angeles. Neither the identity nor the fate of the young woman have been independently confirmed.

Iranian state TV has said that 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured during Teheran demonstrations on Saturday, the eighth day of the political crisis.

Foreign media have been banned from covering demonstrations and other public events and rely on witness accounts for their reports.

Iran has accused Western media of unfair interference and seeking to manipulate the protests. -- AFP