Thousands of people took to the streets of the French city of Strasbourg today to protest against the executions of demonstrators in Iran and called on the government in Tehran to be punished, BTA reports.

According to participants in the event, it gathered about 12 thousand people.

However, these data have not been confirmed.

After joining the demonstration, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Mezzola, said that the atrocities in Iran require a strong response.

They executed two people linked to the protests in Iran

The people in the streets are on the right side of history, Mezzola said at the start of the EP's plenary session in Strasbourg.

She recalled that the protests in Iran have been going on for more than 120 days.

Demonstrators called for Iran's Revolutionary Guard to be placed on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations and for Iranian diplomats to be expelled.

The EU has already imposed sanctions on Iran over violence against protesters.

Paris also expressed solidarity with the protest movement in Iran.

Four months after the death of young Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini, who sparked the protests, some of the leading slogans of the demonstrations: "Woman. Life. Freedom" and "#StopExecutionsInIran" were projected on the Eiffel Tower in the French capital today. ).

The light inscriptions will remain tomorrow, the city council announced.

He said it was a tribute to the people who bravely fought for freedom in Iran while the regime continued to execute demonstrators.

The protests, which began in mid-September, have spread to more than 160 cities across the country.

They involved thousands of people who are against the Islamic system of government.

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