At the same time as some of the world’s most powerful figures are gathered in Munich, around 200,000 people are filling the city’s streets in a protest against the regime in Iran.

Some claim that up to 250,000 people took part in the demonstration. Many of those who participated were Iranians living in exile.

It was first reported that around 80,000 demonstrators had attended, but the police have since revised the estimate upwards to 200,000, according to the news agency AFP.

The demonstrators gathered on Saturday at Theresienwiese, a central area close to the central railway station.

There they condemned the Iranian regime and the brutal manner in which the authorities suppressed the nationwide protests in January. (NTB-AFP)

Crowds in Munich waved Iranian Lion and Sun flags and held Reza Pahlavi posters while chanting for immediate regime change. pic.twitter.com/08iOIDmrE6

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Many carried photographs of Reza Pahlavi, the son of the Shah who was overthrown in the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

Pahlavi, who lives in exile in the United States, has become a symbol for parts of the Iranian opposition, which hopes that he may one day assume power in Iran. However, there are divided opinions on this among those demonstrating against the regime in Tehran.

The demonstration in Munich is said to be the largest demonstration ever held in Europe against the Iranian regime.

Demonstrations are also planned in Toronto and Los Angeles on Saturday to call for international measures against Iran, writes RFI.