Paris: Iranians demonstrated in capitals around Europe to protest the disputed Iranian presidential election and the regime's treatment of its critics.
In Paris, Reporters without Borders, the media advocacy group, also held a rally across from the Iranian Embassy on Thursday to protest a crackdown on Iranian and foreign media by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government.
Iranians in Paris, London, Stockholm and The Hague were out on the streets to show their support of opponents of Ahmadinejad and the powerful Islamic clerical elite.
The biggest demonstrations were in Stockholm, where up to 800 mainly expatriate Iranians gathered in the city's main square, and at The Hague, where about 300 people rallied outside the Dutch parliament.
Hundreds of protesters wearing green or holding green placards held demonstrations outside the Iranian Embassy in London.
Some held candles like the silent protesters in Tehran, while others shouted slogans. Police said there were no reports of arrests or violence.
Several separate protests in Paris drew fewer than 50 people each.