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Philly’s Iranian community joins global rally over downed flight

Pictures of Philly Iranian protest rally

Montreh Tavakkoli, co-founder of Philly Iran, addresses members of the Philadelphia Iranian community and supporters during a protest rally on the steps of the Museum of Art Sunday, saying the names of the victims of Ukrainian Flight PS752 shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 2020. The flags are of Ukraine (left) and pre-revolutionary Iran.
Montreh Tavakkoli, co-founder of Philly Iran, addresses members of the Philadelphia Iranian community and supporters during a protest rally on the steps of the Museum of Art Sunday, saying the names of the victims of Ukrainian Flight PS752 shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 2020. The flags are of Ukraine (left) and pre-revolutionary Iran.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer

Members of the Iranian community and supporters rallied Sunday on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

The protest was organized by Philly Iran as part of a worldwide event on the third anniversary of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ downing of Ukrainian Flight PS752. It also called attention to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Iran’s supplying of drones and weapons to the Kremlin. Worldwide awareness of human rights in Iran heightened after the death last fall of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been in the custody of the country’s morality police.