Euronews:

Protesters gathered in major European cities in solidarity with the ongoing demonstrations in Iran amid a communications blackout. Protests erupted in Tehran and across Iran two weeks ago over dire economic conditions and a worsening food price crisis.

Protesters gathered in major European cities on Saturday in solidarity with ongoing protests in the Islamic Republic of Iran, against economic conditions that continue to worsen and a crippling food price crisis.

People gathered on the Malieveld, a large grass field in The Hague, to demonstrate against the theocratic government of Iran, after reports emerged just days after the protests started in late December, that security forces were using lethal force against the demonstrators.

The protest participants are worried about the unrest in the country and their family and friends who are hard to contact after the country was engulfed in a communications blackout.

“I'm here for the Iranian people who are now taking to the streets in Iran. Yes, I want to contribute too. So that people see that we're also demonstrating here. We may be far away, but our hearts are with Iran,” said a woman attending the rally.

“I live here, but all my family and friends live in Iran. They have absolutely no freedom; they can't say anything, they have no freedom, no freedom of expression. And they have no money, inflation is incredibly high,” said another protestor.

The protesters, many of them Iranians living abroad or people of Iranian descent, say they have a duty to also demonstrate and show their support from afar, as Iranians back home, of all ages and backgrounds continue to take to the streets to fight for their freedom.

“Almost everybody I know (is protesting). Even my father. He's sixty years old, but he also went to the protests. But I don't have any contact with them, so I don't know if they are still alive.”

Another demonstration was also held in the German capital, Berlin, to support the two-week-long protests, which they say has become one of the greatest challenges to Iran’s authorities since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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