Thousands of Iranian expatriates and supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) gathered in Paris on Saturday, April 11. The massive demonstration, held at the Place Trocadéro near the Eiffel Tower, was organized to condemn the alarming surge in political executions carried out by the Iranian regime. Protesters also sent a resounding message to the international community: true democratic change must come from within the country, not through foreign military intervention or bombings.

A primary demand of the protesters was that halting the execution of dissidents must be an essential, non-negotiable condition in any potential agreement between Washington and Tehran.

The demonstration featured a sea of Iranian flags and emblems of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). Protesters held aloft portraits of political dissidents who were recently executed in Iran,........

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