Demonstrators carry pictures of people who, according to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), were killed in the uprisings against the Iranian regime, at the rally in Berlin Photo: Annette Riedl/dpa
From BZ/dpa
Around 5,000 people protested against the Iranian leadership in Berlin on Saturday.
A protest march with around 4,300 participants, according to the police, moved from Oranienplatz in Kreuzberg to Mitte. In a second lift from Bebelplatz through the government district, the police counted almost 400 participants, the organizers spoke of around 1000.
A spokesman for Iranians in exile in Germany called for an end to the bloodshed and democratic reforms in the country. In view of the current violence in Iran, the German government must issue new sanctions, primarily against the elites of the regime.
Several thousand people marched through the German capital Photo: Annette Riedl/dpa
In Iran, security forces are currently taking massive action against demonstrators, and there have been many deaths recently. The demonstrations were triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The moral police had arrested her because of her allegedly “un-Islamic outfit”.
What exactly happened to Amini after that is unclear. The woman had fallen into a coma and died in a hospital on September 16. Critics accuse the morality police of using violence. The police deny the allegations.
Since the young woman’s death, thousands of people have been demonstrating across Iran against the repressive course of the government and the security forces, as well as against the Islamic system. On Saturday there were also protests in several cities in Germany.