Hundreds of people who gathered in a city centre to show solidarity with the Iranian community say they are “living with fear” over what may be happening to their loved ones.
Almost 300 people came together at College Green in Bristol on Sunday to protest, in response to the unrest in Iran over the country’s supreme leader.
A violent response to the protests has claimed 3,090 lives, according to US-based Iranian Human Rights Activists News Agency, and an internet blackout has made it difficult to get clear information.
Kaveh Darafshi, living in Bristol, has not heard from his family in Iran, and said: “The pain we carry is hard to explain. The main thing we want to know is, are they alive?”