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The small Iranian community in Spain organised this evening, 23 June 2009, a gathering and candle lit vigil in front of the Iranian Embassy in Madrid to demand the removal of the regime in Iran. 

This community is not organised into any group and the 800 odd ex pats represent all the diversity and opinions of Iranian society. From monarchists to socialists and people of different religious persuasion. They came here this evening to demand freedom for their country and families at home.

However, when I spoke to one of the protesters he was convinced that freedom would only come if other countries did not support the regime. It was shameful, he told me, that Russia and Venezuela have already  recognised the regime after the elections. He also recognised that these two countries have a lot of vested interest in Iran.

“This  gathering is a people’s gathering”, I was told, these few people  all came here after getting in touch with each other. This would also be the third time in less than a week that this community got together after most of them had already been in exile some thirty years. 

But the few numbers of porters in front of the Embassy today, is not only due to the small Iranian community in Madrid. Many fear for the security of their families back home and decided not to come.

For this reason I have edited some of the photos submitted for this story. I am also including a photo which I took on the 17 June 2009 (camera with flag), that clearly showed then the security camera at the embassy pointing towards the gates. Today, the same camera was pointing straight at where the protesters were (black and white photo with coloured area).

See <a href='http://www.demotix.com/news/demanding-human-rights-outside-iranian-embassy-madrid'>Demanding human rights outside the Iranian embassy, Madrid</a>

Special thanks for Guillermo for point out some compositions during the event.

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Iranian ex-pats in Madrid protest in front of the Iranian Embassy

The small Iranian community in Spain organised a gathering and candle lit vigil in front of the Iranian Embassy in Madrid to demand the removal of...

by Lawrence JC Baron in Spain on 23/06/2009

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