As nationwide protests against the Islamic Republic in Iran entered their ninth day, major cities across the world continue to witness large rallies in support of the Iranian people.
The streets of Paris, Vienna, Stockholm, Toronto, Ottawa, and Rome played host to thousands of diaspora Iranians, human rights activists and other supporters on Saturday and Sunday alone.
Two demonstrations were held in Paris in memory of Mahsa Amini and to express solidarity with Iranian women.
شنبه دوم مهر دو تجمع در پاریس در حمایت از اعتراضات سراسری در ایران، به یاد مهسا امینی و اعلام همبستگی با زنان ایرانی برگزار شد. دهها نفر از ایرانیان، فرانسویها و کردهای کشورهای مختلف در این تجمعات شرکت کردند و شعار «زن، زندگی، آزادی» سر دادند.
— ایران وایر (@iranwire) September 25, 2022
#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/4VI2OL6TIk
One of these gatherings was co-organized by Fabian Roussel, a French MP and secretary of the country’s Communist Party. The other was organized by Kurdish and leftist Iranian youth groups.
#BREAKING The French police have used tear gas to disperse Iranian protesters marching towards the Islamic Republic's embassy in Paris, @IranIntl_En's correspondent @niloofarpourebr reports.#IranProtests2022#IranProtests#Mahsa_Amini#MahsaAmini#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/dIrxfHErAF
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) September 25, 2022
Dozens of Iranians, French nationals and Kurds from different countries took part in the two gatherings, chanting the slogans "Woman, Life, Freedom", "Death to the oppressor, be it Shah or leader", and "Death to the Islamic Republic".
In Toronto, the number of Iranians and citizens participating in the rally on Saturday was so great that police had to close the major artery Yonge Street to traffic. In Ottawa, the capital of Canada, Iranians protested in front of the parliament building on Sunday.
Protests today against the Iranian regime from around the world including Toronto, Canada and Stockholm, Sweden. #Mahsa_Amini pic.twitter.com/0komuTBxA4
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) September 25, 2022
Videos released from Stockholm and elsewhere also showed a mixed presence of Iranians and non-Iranian supporters. They followed two major rallies in London and Istanbul last week. At one of the London gatherings hundreds gathered in front of the Iranian Embassy, shouting "Disgraceful, disgraceful".
Protests in front of the Iranian embassy in London right now.#Mahsa_Amini #مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/rHVTO9CXSa
— Parham Ghobadi (@BBCParham) September 25, 2022
Another person stood on the roof of the Islamic Center of England, an Iranian state-owned building overseen by a representative of Khamenei, and held aloft the lion and sun flag.
Iranian protester raises the #LionSun flag of #Iran over the London Islamic Center, which is the representative office of Khamenei in the #UnitedKingdom . #مهسا_امینی #IranRevolution #IranDemocracyNow https://t.co/eEZiSrpUCk
— Nazenin Ansari (@NazeninA) September 25, 2022
Mahsa Amini’s name and story, and the Mahsa_Amini hashtag, have spread around the world since her death last Friday. The ongoing protests in Iran have received the public backing of a diverse array of politicians, actors, artists and thinkers.
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