Thousands gather in downtown Vancouver to show support for Iranian protests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "We're here to support the Iranian movement in Iran, especially since women came onto the street because they have been fed up with this regime the last 42 years," Sadeghi said.
51% : Honieh Barzegari said she attended the rally in Vancouver to speak out for human rights in Iran.
44% : There has also been condemnation from Western countries and the United Nations, as well as protests in solidarity abroad.
42% : Her death has reignited anger over restrictions on personal freedoms in Iran, including the strict dress codes for women and an economy reeling from government sanctions.
37% : Protests over Amini's death have spread across at least 46 cities, towns and villages in Iran.
37% : Protests in Iran have resulted in the deaths of both protesters and police and the arrests of demonstrators.
28% : Thousands of people gathered on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Sunday then marched through downtown calling on Iran to end laws requiring women to wear hijabs in public as well as to abolish the country's use of capital punishment.
23% : They also want an end to capital punishment in Iran and the release of political prisoners -- all examples of the regime's brutality.

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