Some said they want their voices to be heard and are calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to put pressure on the Iranian government. Attendees said they want to show their support for people in Iran risking their lives to protest, and condemned the government’s longstanding oppression of human rights. Fallout from crackdown emergesThe demonstrations began Dec. 28 at Tehran’s historic Grand Bazaar, initially over the collapse of Iran’s currency, the rial, and then spread. A violent crackdown by the Iranian government on protests across the country led to thousands of people killed and tens of thousands of arrests, though more exact estimates have varied. However, the AP said Iran’s theocracy has undercounted or not reported fatalities from civil unrest in the past.