•In a rally in front of the Federal building in Los Angels, more than 7,000 demonstrators gathered, holding up portraits of former crown prince Reza Pahlavi. In an interview with Radio Farda, rally organizer Foad Pashai says eleven chartered buses brought people from various cities in Southern California to the rally. Political activist Suzie Yashar says the demonstrators want to ask their compatriots inside Iran to stay home on the elections day and do nothing. “We shall be your voice here,” she adds. I cannot support a system that counts my mother, my sister and my daughter has half persons, member of the national alliance for democracy in Iran Alireza Sabouri says. (Firouzeh Khatibi, Los Angeles)
•We have gathered here to tell the people, the young people, the intellectuals in the regime's prisons, and all the friends and comrades inside Iran, that they are not alone, a demonstrator tells Radio Farda during an anti-regime rally in Cologne on the 25th anniversary of the Islamic revolution. (Shahram Mirian, Cologne)
•Senator Sam Brownback spoke to the crowd of anti-regime Iranians gathered in front of the US Congress on the anniversary of the Islamic revolution. In interviews with Radio Farda, demonstrators, including Los Angeles-based playwright Parviz Sayyad, express their solidarity with democracy-seeking people inside Iran. (Mahdieh Javid)
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