Thousands Abroad March To Condemn Iran’s Crackdown On Protests
Diaspora Iranians in Europe, North America and elsewhere held rallies Saturday to condemn the Islamic Republic for brutality against antigovernment protesters.
Diaspora Iranians in Europe, North America and elsewhere held rallies Saturday to condemn the Islamic Republic for brutality against antigovernment protesters.
In Canada thousands of expatriates and activists chanted “Woman, Life, Freedom" during their demonstrations in Toronto and Vancouver.
Meanwhile, a group of solicitors in Canada, in collaboration with lawyers in Iran and the United States, launched a campaign to take steps against those Iranian immigrants in Canada who are affiliated with the Islamic Republic.
In Germany, four assailants, including two hijab-wearing women, attacked female protesters in Berlin, reportedly threatening them with knives. Witnesses have told Iran International that one of the attackers spoke Farsi.
The German police arrested the attackers saying their identity and nationality will be announced later.
Protesters also gathered in Berlin city center to slam the killing of citizens in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Balochestan province.
Activists and Iranians living in London held a protest rally in front of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and marched towards the British Parliament. Demonstrators chanted slogans against Iran’s clerical rulers and asked the British government and parliament to increase pressure against the Iranian government.
Similar demonstrations were also held in the United States, Italy, Australia, Sweden, Bulgaria, Denmark, Switzerland, and Italy.
Iranian security forces have killed at least 326 people including 43 children and 25 women during the ongoing protests.
