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Protests in 27 cities worldwide in solidarity with nationwide uprising in Iran to mark 10th anniversary of July 9 uprising
NCRI – Simultaneous with the Iranian people’s nationwide uprising, thousands of Iranians are rallying in 27 cities worldwide on Thursday following a call by the Iranian Resistance to mark the 10th anniversary of the July 9, 1999 uprising and in support of the current uprising against the religious dictatorship. They are demanding urgent action by the international community against the brutal suppression by the mullahs’ regime and the freedom of those detained in the course of the unrest.
The protestors are demanding the severing of diplomatic ties with the regime and imposition of comprehensive sanctions including a travel ban on the Iranian regime’s officials until a full halt to suppression. They are also demanding that pressure be put on the regime to annul the results of its sham presidential election and accept free UN-supervised elections.
Protests are being held in Washington DC, Oklahoma, Ottawa, Montréal, Toronto, Paris, London, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham, Sheffield, Brussels, Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover, Cologne, Kassel, The Hague, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Båros, Jönköping, Copenhagen, Arhus, Helsinki, Basel and Sidney.
At least 200 people have been killed and thousands of others injured or arrested and undergoing brutal torture in the course of the Iranian people’s uprising which has continued for the past four weeks.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 9, 2009