Several thousand Iranians came from across Europe to rally in Paris on Saturday, calling on world leaders to put greater pressure on the Islamic republic's ruling clerics.

"Instead of appeasing the mullahs, (the international community) should stand side by side with the Iranian people," Maryam Rajavi, president of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told the rally.

The NCRI is the political wing of the People's Mujahedin of Iran, which Tehran regards as a "terrorist" group.

Iran's opposition abroad has been emboldened by the fall in late 2024 of Syrian President Bashar........

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