Several hundred people took part in a rally in Zurich, while in Bern police intervened outside the Iranian embassy.Several hundred people gathered at Europaplatz near Zurich’s main station on Tuesday evening, according to a photographer from the Keystone-SDA news agency. The authorised protest, organised by Free Iran Switzerland, passed off peacefully. The group campaigns for an end to the Islamic Republic, according to its website.Tear gas used in BernIn Bern, police intervened outside the Iranian embassy on Tuesday afternoon, using tear gas. The atmosphere was “tense”, the Bern cantonal police said in a statement later that evening.
Participants in the unauthorised gathering outside the Iranian embassy initially refused to clear the road when told to do so. The police statement also mentioned a “medical incident”, with ambulance crews attending to the person involved.
Before police stepped in, three men had illegally entered the embassy grounds. One was arrested, searched and taken to a police station, while the other two remain at large, according to the press release
