Overview
- Toronto police estimated 350,000 people marched on Yonge Street, with major turnouts reported in Munich (~250,000), Vancouver (~50,000) and thousands in Los Angeles.
- Police reported the events were peaceful; Toronto officers arrested a 56-year-old Burlington man before the rally over an alleged online threat to bring a firearm.
- Protesters called for the end of the Islamic Republic and many backed exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi, who addressed Munich as his daughter Noor spoke in Los Angeles.
- Rights-group HRANA put Iran’s protest death toll at over 7,000, far above the authorities’ acknowledgment of more than 3,000, as detentions and crackdowns continue.
- Reports described new anti-government chants from Tehran homes after the diaspora rallies and noted expected U.S.–Iran nuclear talks in Geneva, though some videos were not independently verified.