(22 Jun 2025)
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The Hague, Netherlands – 22 June 2025
1. Wide of protesters waving flags and holding signs against NATO
2. Wide of protestors in holding a sign against NATO’s use of rockets and drones
3. Pan of protestors holding flags and signs
4. Protesters holding anti-NATO and anti-war banners
5. Protesters in The Hague waving Iranian flags
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Baser Rahmatullah, protester:
"I’m from Iraq. I’m from Iranian origin. I experienced how the Americans destroyed my country, Iraq, because of mass weapons (weapons of mass destruction) and after that they occupied my country Iraq, and they killed about half a million people in Iraq, and they found nothing because there was nothing. There was no weapons and now they are repeating the same crime against Iran. Why? When is it enough? Enough blood, enough killing? When is it enough?"
7. Protesters holding signs and an Iranian flag
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Maliheh Hayati, protester and ex-political prisoner in Iran:
"We are here and we gather together just because we say, at first, no to the Islamic Regime of Iran, and then no to war. No to any war among powers who are looking (out) for their interests. We are here to say that all political prisoners in Iran, their lives are at great risk. We are to say we should decide for ourselves and to say that women, like freedom, is alive!"
9. Various of protest
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday in The Hague to protest against NATO, military spending and against a possible conflict with Iran.
The protest comes two days before a NATO summit in The Hague is seeking to increase allies’ defence budgets.
The Netherlands is hosting the annual meeting of the 32-nation alliance starting on Tuesday, with leaders scheduled to meet on Wednesday.
Although billed as a demonstration against NATO and the war in Gaza, demonstrators were joined by Iranians who held up banners saying “No Iran War,” a day after the US launched attacks against three of Iran’s nuclear sites.
Maliheh Hayati, a protester and ex-political prisoner in Iran, said political prisoners in Iran were at risk.
"We gather together just because we say, at first, no to the Islamic Regime of Iran, and then no to war. No to any war among powers who are looking (out) for their interests," she said.
One Iraqi demonstrator warned that what happened in his country after the US-led invasion could happen in Iran.
"There was no weapons and now they are repeating the same crime against Iran. Why? When is it enough?" he asked.
Several close U.S. allies urged a return to the negotiating table in the wake of American strikes on Iran that fueled fears of a wider conflict, while noting the threat posed by Tehran’s nuclear program.
Several close U.S. allies urged a return to the negotiating table in the wake of American strikes on Iran that fueled fears of a wider conflict, while noting the threat posed by Tehran’s nuclear program.
AP video by Ahmad Seir Nassiri and Aleksandar Furtula
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