Members of the Iranian diaspora, along with associations, are demonstrating in Paris in June 2025 to denounce the conflict in Iran and the Iranian regime. (Credit: Emma Da Silva/AFP Archives)
Some 300 people gathered last Sunday at Paris's Place du Panthéon to protest both against the Islamic Republic of Iran and the war waged by Israel and the United States against Iran. The demonstration was organized by four left-wing groups: the Roja, Iran Justice, Azadi 4 Iran and AVA collectives. The crowd held placards reading “neither shah nor mullahs” and repeatedly chanted, “woman, life, freedom.” The gathering came just 10 days after the commemoration of Mahsa Amini’s death. The young Kurdish Iranian died on Sept. 16, 2022, following her arrest by the morality police over her hijab, an event that sparked a major protest movement.Four years on, the atmosphere is very different. “The day after Mahsa Amini’s murder, there were between 5,000 and 10,000 people at our demonstrations,” said Saeed Amini, president of the Homa...
Some 300 people gathered last Sunday at Paris's Place du Panthéon to protest both against the Islamic Republic of Iran and the war waged by Israel and the United States against Iran. The demonstration was organized by four left-wing groups: the Roja, Iran Justice, Azadi 4 Iran and AVA collectives. The crowd held placards reading “neither shah nor mullahs” and repeatedly chanted, “woman, life, freedom.” The gathering came just 10 days after the commemoration of Mahsa Amini’s death. The young Kurdish Iranian died on Sept. 16, 2022, following her arrest by the morality police over her hijab, an event that sparked a major protest movement.Four years on, the atmosphere is very different. “The day after Mahsa Amini’s murder, there were between 5,000 and 10,000 people at our demonstrations,” said Saeed Amini, president of...
