Trudeau joins Canadian demonstrators in support of Iran protests

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a protest in support of freedom for women in Iran on October 29, 2022 in Ottawa, Canada. (AFP)

Activists march in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2022 in solidarity with protesters in Iran. (AFP)

Iranian living in Greece demonstrate in Athens to commemorate 40 days from the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini while in police custody in Iran. (AFP)

People form a human chain in London on October 29, 2022 in solidarity with the women-led protest movement in Iran. (Reuters)

Exiled Iranians hold a picture Reza Pahlavi while they demonstrate in Hamburg, Germany, against the Mullah regime in their homeland, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. Photo: (Markus Scholz/dpa via AP)

A woman cuts her hair in in Tel Aviv in solidarity with Iranian women during a protest against the death of Mahsa Amini on Oct. 29, 2022. (AP)

Parisians march in support of the Iran's protest movement at the Place de la Republique in Paris on October 29, 2022. (AFP)

People stage a rally in central Rome on Oct. 29, 2022 in solidarity with Iranians protesting the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody. (AP)

• Demonstrations in solidarity with Iranian protesters also held in various Western capitals

MONTREAL: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marched with protesters in the Canadian capital of Ottawa Saturday in support of demonstrations that have swept Iran for more than 40 days.
“The women in Iran, daughters and the grandmothers and the allies... they are not forgotten,” Trudeau said, standing in front of a white banner covered with dozens of red 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 dress rules for women.
“We will stand with you. I’ll march with you, I will hold hands with you. We will continue to stand with this beautiful community,” Trudeau said, before ending his speech by shouting Persian slogans, his fist raised.
The prime minister’s wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, also joined the protest, saying, “I stand with you because when one woman’s right is being denied, it is a sign of disrespect for all women.”
“And we will leave no sister behind.”
Trudeau highlighted several rounds of sanctions imposed by the Canadian government against senior Iranian officials over the last month, levied due to the regime’s “gross and systematic human rights violations.”
Amini supporters also attended rallies in other Canadian cities, including Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto, where marchers formed human chains.
And thousands also protested Saturday in Paris and throughout France.