Protests were held in Zurich and Bern on Tuesday against the Iranian regime. Several hundred people took part in a rally in Zurich, while in Bern police intervened outside the Iranian embassy. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Several hundred people gathered at Europaplatz near Zurich’s main station on Tuesday evening, according to a photographer from the Keystone-SDA news agency. The authorised protest, organised by Free Iran Switzerland, passed off peacefully. The group campaigns for an end to the Islamic Republic, according to its website. Protesters expressed their demands for change in Iran. Effigies of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei were set alight and many flags from the Shah’s era – before the 1979 Islamic Revolution – were on display. + Without the US, nuclear talks between Iran and Europe make fragile progress Tear gas used in Bern In Bern, police intervened outside the Iranian embassy on Tuesday afternoon, using tear gas. The atmosphere was ...
