Trudeau joins Canadian demonstrators in support of Iran protests

MONTREAL: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marched with protesters within the Canadian capital of Ottawa Saturday in assist of demonstrations which have swept Iran for greater than 40 days.”The ladies in Iran, daughters and the grandmothers and the allies… they aren’t forgotten,” Trudeau mentioned, standing in entrance of a white banner lined with dozens of crimson hand prints.Iran has been gripped by six weeks of protests that erupted when Mahsa Amini, 22, died in custody after her arrest for an alleged breach of Iran’s strict costume guidelines for ladies.”We are going to stand with you. I’ll march with you, I’ll maintain palms with you. We are going to proceed to face with this stunning neighborhood,” Trudeau mentioned, earlier than ending his speech by shouting Persian slogans, his fist raised.The prime minister’s spouse, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, additionally joined the protest, saying, “I stand with you as a result of when one lady’s proper is being denied, it’s a signal of disrespect for all ladies.””And we are going to depart no sister behind.”Trudeau highlighted a number of rounds of sanctions imposed by the Canadian authorities in opposition to senior Iranian officers over the past month, levied as a result of regime’s “gross and systematic human rights violations.”Amini supporters additionally attended rallies in different Canadian cities, together with Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto, the place marchers shaped human chains.And 1000’s additionally protested Saturday in Paris and all through France.