The photographs are from a sit-in held in Rome the 14 February 2026—mirrored the same day in other European cities—by exiled Iranians advocating for regime change in their country. What struck me first was that some protesters carried placards supporting the return of Reza Pahlavi, heir to the monarchical dynasty that ruled the country until the 1978 revolution. However, not all Iranians back the former Shah, with many instead favoring a non‑monarchical constitution. Second, the majority of the protesters were young people, most of them women, along with some families with children—no different from any other residents of my city, except that many of them have relatives and friends who have been jailed, tortured, kidnapped, or killed by the despotic ayatollah regime. They want an Iran where life and personal liberty are protected, where women and men are equal, and where everyone has the possibility to freely choose their own way of life. This is their revolution, which I support with both my reason and emotions.
You can view my black-and-white photographs focused on civil rights actions and social justice in the Documents of our Time section.
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