Iranians demonstrated in capitals around Europe on Thursday to protest the disputed Iranian presidential election and the regime's treatment of its critics.
Iranians in Paris, London, Stockholm and The Hague were out on the streets to show their support of opponents of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the powerful Islamic clerical elite.
The biggest demonstrations were in Stockholm, where up to 800 mainly expatriate Iranians gathered in the city's main square, and at The Hague, where about 300 people rallied outside the Dutch parliament.
Hundreds of protesters wearing green or holding green placards demonstrated outside the Iranian Embassy in London. Some held candles like the silent protesters in Tehran, while others shouted slogans.
Several protests in Paris drew fewer than 50 people each.
Also in Paris, Reporters without Borders, the media advocacy group, also held a rally across from the Iranian Embassy to protest a crackdown on Iranian and foreign media by Ahmadinejad's government.
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