"Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Sunday, showing solidarity with the Iranian people amid ongoing anti-government protests in the country. Footage shows crowds marching, chanting, waving Lion and Sun flags of Iran, holding placards reading 'Iranian lives matter' and 'Be the voice of the Iranian people', and listening to speeches by protest organisers and participants. Farnoosh, an Iranian protester living in Belgium, said she was outraged by Iran's 'isolation from the world'. "We have no communication whatsoever; Iran is cut off. The internet, communication, telephones, even live communications, direct calls to Iran, to our families, to our loved ones, are all cut off." "We don't know what's happening in the country, we don't know what they're doing to our fellow citizens, and today that's what makes me angry, what makes everyone angry, and the silence of the whole world, the silence of the international community," she elaborated. Another rally participant, Alexandre, explained, "Today in Paris, we are gathered, as was the case yesterday in Montreal, Toronto, and London; we are their voice. The goal is simply to overthrow this regime and restore peace." "The anger has existed for 47 years, but we are all here because we want to support the people of Iran, the people of Iran who are in danger. Unfortunately, we don't have the support of the entire West, but we now have a real alternative, and that alternative is Reza Pahlavi," echoed protester Nooshai. It comes as Iran has been hit by days of protests, after Tehran's police chief said on Tuesday that security forces had responded 'with power and force', noting the arrest of 'a large number' of people. The wave of protests began in late December in Tehran, before spreading to other cities, triggered by a deteriorating economic situation and the falling value of the national currency. Iranian officials conceded that the protesters' demands are 'justified', while insisting that 'the enemy' is exploiting the country's economic hardship to incite unrest. The Tehran authorities reportedly cut off internet access nationwide on Thursday, amid reports from rights groups that hundreds of protesters had been killed in the unrest. It follows a warning from US President Donald Trump, who remarked that authorities in Tehran had "better not start shooting, because we'll start shooting too.""