Overview
- Berlin police said about 8,000 people gathered at the Brandenburg Gate after 20,000 had registered to attend.
- The exiled opposition NCRI/MEK led the event, with Maryam Rajavi urging no appeasement, no foreign intervention, and a push for regime change by the organised resistance.
- Organisers asserted a turnout near 100,000 and cited weather-related flight cancellations, a claim far above police estimates.
- Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the gathering by video after his flight was cancelled.
- A separate demonstration by supporters of Reza Pahlavi drew roughly 1,600 participants, underscoring rival opposition currents in the diaspora.