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Protest in Oslo, Norway, against Iranian regime's stoning and flogging

A small group had gathered in front on the Norwegian Parliament on 18 September 2010 to protest the Iranian regime's decision to stone Sakineh...

by Olav Ljone Skogaas in Norway on 18/09/2010

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

A small group from the Spanish confederation, Colegas (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals), met outside the Iranian embassy, this evening, 8:00pm, 17 June 2009, demanding human rights for the peoples of Iran. During an address to the media by a member of the organisers a special mention was made of the unacceptable way the present regime treats women and gay people.

Twenty three minutes into the demonstration I saw someone using a point and shoot camera from a window inside the embassy that looks over Calle Jerez, 5. From the angle of the camera you can see that the person was aiming at me and another Demotix photographer. By this time (20:16) most of the press had already left. We were standing practically alone on the other side of the street in direct a angle of view of the camera. 

I don’t believe that anyone else took photos of the camera in the window when I did.

In fact, I passed by the embassy on Friday, 12 June, 2009, after the elections had stopped in Iran and there was no one outside the embassy. I did not take any photos then. I passed again on Monday, 15, June 2009, at 17:52 and again there was no one outside the embassy; I took a few photos from the hip position. You will recall that on Monday huge demos were taking place in Iran. Today, there were practically as many journalists as demonstrators. 

What was conspicuous about this demo this evening was the absence of anyone from the Iranian community in Madrid.

I learnt about this evening’s demo from Twitter.

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Demanding human rights outside the Iranian embassy, Madrid

A small group from the Spanish confederation, Colegas (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals), met outside the Iranian embassy, this evening, 8:...

by Lawrence JC Baron in Spain on 17/06/2009

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