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Tens of thousands march in Berlin to show solidarity with anti-government protesters in Iran

  • In Iran, a protest movement sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police has evolved into a challenge to the Islamic Republic
  • Berlin police estimated that 80,000 people had joined the German demonstration, organised by the Woman (asterisk) Life Freedom Collective
Protesters march against the Iranian regime in Berlin, Germany on Saturday. Photo: AP

Some 80,000 people joined a Berlin rally on Saturday in solidarity with women-led protests in Iran sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a police spokesman told Agence France-Presse.

“Today, thousands of people are showing their solidarity with courageous women and demonstrators in Iran,” tweeted Germany’s Green Party minister for family affairs, Lisa Paus. “We are by your side,” she added.