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Recognising Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi as an interlocutor for a democratic transition is one of the protesters' demands.
Having lived in Porto for three years, Fahima Farahi and Sina Yazdi say they feel as if they are in Tehran, with their lives on hold. The internet has been cut, as has contact with their families. In an interview with Expresso, they say they want to speak for those who cannot make themselves heard. 'We don't want the right or the left; we want this regime gone,' they say, calling for international help to make it happen.
Sam Izadloo, an Iranian living in Portugal, recounts his story since leaving Iran around ten years ago and discusses the current tensions in Iranian society.
They accuse the theocratic regime of having stolen their country, of turning Iran — to outsiders — into a nation of religious radicalism that it never was and is not. A military intervention similar to the one that took place in Venezuela is not viewed unfavourably by those who demonstrated this afternoon outside the Iranian embassy in Lisbon.
The Luso-Iranian organiser behind Sunday's demonstration appeals for a “global partnership” to halt what he says is a human-rights issue.
Around a hundred people gathered in Lisbon to protest against the Iranian regime.
