A Scale the World Can No Longer Ignore
This past weekend, Toronto witnessed what is described as the largest Iranian-led rally ever held outside Iran. Crowds stretched across major intersections. Iranian flags filled the skyline. Voices were unified, disciplined, and unmistakably urgent.
110,000 is a scale never seen in diaspora mobilization. And that was in addition to hundreds of other rallies in almost all major cities in the West. Regardless of the precise number, the message was clear: this was not a symbolic protest. It was a collective demand for immediate action. Iranians did not gather just to be seen. They gathered because time had run out.

From the Streets to City Hall: Barrie’s Flag Raising
That same urgency was echoed in Barrie, Ontario, where an official Lion and Sun flag-raising took place at City Hall, with the presence of elected officials and Ministers. That was not a cultural gesture. It was a political signal. For Iranians who have watched their national identity erased by the Islamic Republic, the flag’s elevation carried meaning: the world is being asked to recognize a different Iran........

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