Paris’ Eiffel Tower lights up with slogans in solidarity with Iranians
The Eiffel Tower lit up on Monday with slogans in support of Iranian protesters and women fighting for more rights.
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Four months after Mahsa Amini died in custody, the French capital’s wrought-iron tower displayed the slogans “Woman. Life. Freedom” and “#StopExecutionsInIran,” one of the main chants of the protests.
France summoned Iran’s top diplomat last week over the execution of a British-Iranian national accused of spying. Iran continues to hold French citizens in what Paris calls arbitrary detention.
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