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A demonstration to support the protest in Iran degenerates in Paris

2022-09-25T18:40:27.171Z


The police had to use tear gas to disperse the crowd. French police on Sunday used tear gas to prevent hundreds of people marching in Paris to protest against a crackdown on demonstrations in Iran from reaching the Islamic Republic's embassy, ​​according to AFP journalists. This second consecutive demonstration in two days in Paris to denounce the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, 22, arrested in Tehran on September 13 by morality police for “ wearin


French police on Sunday used tear gas to prevent hundreds of people marching in Paris to protest against a crackdown on demonstrations in Iran from reaching the Islamic Republic's embassy, ​​according to AFP journalists.

This second consecutive demonstration in two days in Paris to denounce the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, 22, arrested in Tehran on September 13 by morality police for “

wearing inappropriate clothes

”, coincided with another tense rally in London near the Iranian embassy.

"

Protesters tried to cross the police roadblocks and threw projectiles at the officers

," said British police in a statement, which reported five arrests.

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Leaving from the Place du Trocadéro, the Parisian procession headed for the Iranian Embassy to the sound of slogans such as "

woman, life, freedom!"

“, echoing those of the demonstrators in Iran, or even”

France, silence is enough

“.

The participants notably criticize French President Emmanuel Macron for shaking hands with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raïssi during their meeting on September 20 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, focusing in particular on a relaunch of the international agreement on Tehran's nuclear program.

The same scenario in London

Approaching the embassy, ​​the police repeatedly used tear gas to repel protesters who tried to cross their cordon prohibiting access to the diplomatic representation of the Islamic Republic, according to the same sources.

"

In view of what is happening now, we Iranians are really mobilized, we must react given that we are far from our homeland, our country

," a Franco-Iranian protester told AFP. wished to identify herself only by her first name, Nina.

At the same time, tensions also erupted during a mobilization in front of the Iranian embassy in London.

Police had to push back vehement protesters as projectiles were thrown at the building.

Source: lefigaro

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