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Left: Freedom (Azadi) Square on 15 June 2009, during the Green protests in Iran, when according to some sources, as many as half a million people took to the streets in protest against the disputed election results. This was described as the largest demonstrations in Iran since the 1979 Revolution. Wikimedia Commons, 2009.
Right: Freedom (Azadi) Square, on 3 March 2026, as smoke billows following a US-Israeli strike near the area. The Guardian, 2026.