Iran protests: Europe's cities rally for Mahsa Amini and women's rights
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard issued a new warning on Saturday to Iranians joining the protests that have roiled the country since last month.
"We are again telling our youth, the minority who have been deceived, stop wicked acts. Today is the end of the riots. Don't take to streets anymore," said the Guards commander in chief General Hossein Salami.
Meanwhile the trial of five people accused of capital crimes related to the protests that have rocked Iran for six weeks began on Saturday in Tehran, judicial authorities said.
The unrest — sparked by the death on September 16 of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country's morality police — has rocked the Islamic Republic for over a month.
Amini died three days after being detained for allegedly violating the country's strict Islamic dress code for women.
Security forces have violently cracked down on demonstrations with live ammunition, anti-riot pellets and tear gas.
Saturday saw people take to the streets across Europe in support of the Iranian demonstrators. Here is a round-up of some of them:
Germany
Thousands of people gathered in Germany's capital on Saturday to show solidarity with antigovernment protesters in Iran.
Participants held up Iranian flags and signs criticizing Iran's leaders, many with the tagline "Women, Life, Freedom" in both English and German.
Demonstrators formed a continuous line all the way from the Victory Column in Berlin's Tiergarten park to the Brandenburg gate.
Several thousand people also expressed their solidarity with the protesters in Iran at a demonstration in Cologne.
Italy
Hundreds of people gathered in Rome to protest against the Iranian government on Saturday and its recent crackdown on seven weeks of demonstrations.
The protesters —
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