Twice as many people showed up at the Iran demonstration in Munich as expected.Image: keystone
Around 250,000 people demonstrated peacefully against the Iranian government in Munich. This is the largest rally in the Bavarian capital for years.
Feb 14, 2026, 8:17 p.mFeb 14, 2026, 8:17 p.m
According to official information, around 250,000 people showed their solidarity with the Iranians in Munich on Saturday afternoon. That was twice as many demonstrators as the organizer, The Munich Circle association, had expected.
The rally lasted over three hours. While the demonstrators waited for Reza Pahlavi, numerous activists, politicians and artists spoke on stage – many of them in Persian. Everyone called for an end to the mullahs’ regime in Tehran.
Then came Reza Pahlavi, the son of the Shah of Persia who was expelled in 1979. The 65-year-old is the best-known voice of the revolutionary movement in Iran. “We fight for freedom, for justice and for equality,” he said on Theresienwiese. «Iran will be free. We’re taking the country back,” said Pahlavi on Saturday to the cheers of a quarter of a million people.
Reza Pahlavi calls on Donald Trump for help at the Iran demonstration in Munich.Image: keystone
Pahlavi was in the Bavarian capital for the Munich Security Conference. There he told journalists: “Today thousands of people from Munich to Toronto to Los Angeles are standing in solidarity with the Iranian people as part of my call for a global day of action. They send a clear message to the leaders of Western democracies to show solidarity with the Iranian people.”
“Crucial test for global security”
He spoke of an “hour of deep danger”. The world must decide whether to show solidarity with the Iranian people or to once again be appeased by an Iranian leadership that has massacred over 40,000 of its own citizens. It is not officially known how many people died in the crackdown on the recent mass protests in Iran. Activists speak of at least 7,000 victims.
Pahlavi said Iran’s fate is not just an Iranian issue. It is a crucial test for global security in our time. “For nearly half a century, the Islamic Republic has operated as a revolutionary enterprise, exporting instability through proxies, undermining the sovereignty of its neighbors, fomenting conflict in various regions and advancing its nuclear ambitions. But something irreversible has changed. The struggle in my country today is not a struggle between reform and revolution.” It is a fight between occupation and liberation.
There were demonstrations against the mullahs’ regime today not only in Munich, but also in Los Angeles and Toronto. There is a call to demonstrate against the Iranian leadership worldwide. There were weeks of mass protests in Iran around the turn of the year that were violently suppressed.
(cmu, t-online)