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Bay Area and Sacramento Rallies Back Iranian Protesters, Call for Regime Change

Plans for weekly demonstrations reflect growing diaspora coordination, with families cut off by Iran’s internet shutdown.

Overview

  • More than a thousand people gathered at San Francisco’s Ferry Building and smaller crowds rallied in Roseville, urging an end to the Islamic Republic.
  • Organizers say weekly solidarity rallies will continue in San Francisco, and Sacramento groups have begun planning their next event.
  • Human rights groups and activists report hundreds of deaths during the crackdown, with some tallies exceeding 500, figures that remain difficult to verify.
  • A nationwide shutdown of internet and phone service in Iran has severed communication, leaving many Iranian Americans unable to reach relatives.
  • Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an end to violence and restoration of access, President Trump said he is weighing options and warned of hard strikes, and Los Angeles police are investigating an alleged U-Haul attack at a separate protest.