Sunday, October 09, 2022

Anti-Tehran Demonstration in Paris Marches on Iranian Embassy Only to Be Tear-Gassed by French Police


Across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower, thousands of demonstrators, many (perhaps most) of them Iranian, gathered at le Trocadéro this weekend to protest against the anti-woman repression in Iran and the warmongering policies of the ayatollahs in Tehran. 

In the wake of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of the police almost a month ago, one sign read "End sexual apartheid. Close all [Western] embassies in Iran." 

On the other side, it read "European Union must stop nuclear deal. Biden must stop giving money to the Islamic Regime in Iran" with the four final words covered in red to symbolize blood. 

Chanting such slogans as femme, vie, liberté ! (Woman, life, freedom!), the protestors left the colorful square during the Sunday protest to try to march on the Iranian embassy in the French capital, report Le Monde and the AFP, only to be tear-gassed by the French police before they could reach their destination.

A similar protest and similar clashes have taken place in London…

Here are some of the photos  that I took at le Palais de Chaillot.







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