Thousands march in France to show solidarity with Iranian protesters

Thousands march in France to show solidarity with Iranian protesters

Published January 17,2023


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A girl holds a drawing depicting Iranian president Ebrahim Raïssi throughout a rally towards the Iranian regime in entrance of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, japanese France on January 16, 2023. (AFP Photo)

Nearly 12,000 folks held a march Monday within the French metropolis of Strasbourg to point out solidarity with anti-government protesters in Iran.

The demonstrators marched in direction of the European Parliament constructing chanting slogans and demanding the European Union to declare Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a “terrorist organization.”

In Paris, in the meantime, the phrases “Woman. Life. Freedom,” which have change into the primary slogans of Iranian protests, and “Stop Executions in Iran” have been displayed on the landmark Eiffel Tower.

The protests in Iran have been triggered by the Sept. 16 dying of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini whereas within the custody of the morality police for allegedly violating a strictly enforced Islamic costume code.

Iranian authorities have sought to pin the blame for her dying on a coronary heart assault, however her household and lots of in Iran have rejected that declare, saying she was the sufferer of police brutality.

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