India, Feb. 16 -- About 250,000 people demonstrated on against Iran's Government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany, police said, answering a call from Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked-up international pressure on Tehran. Banging drums and chanting for regime change, the giant and boisterous rally in Munich was part of what Pahlavi described as a "global day of action" to support Iranians in the wake of deadly nationwide protests.

He also called for demonstrations in Los Angeles and Toronto. Police said in a post on X that the number of protesters reached some 250,000, more than the organisers had expected. "Change, change, regime change", the huge crowd chanted, waving green-white-and-red flag...