Pooria Shafia, a Toronto-based engineer who attended Sunday's protest, says he's concerned about his relatives that still live in Iran. “Every time I try to ask my cousin to see if he was able to contact them, I couldn't bring myself to [do] it because I was just afraid of what the response would be,” he told CBC Toronto Sunday. "Well over 100,000 demonstrators" attended the protest on Sunday, Toronto police said in a statement to CBC Toronto. Canadians urged to protestThe diaspora is trying to be the voice of Iranian people, said Morvarid Sadinejad, who is also an engineer in Toronto and attended the downtown protest. We are going through a collective trauma.”In a statement to CBC Toronto Sunday, Toronto police said 'well over 100,000 demonstrators' attended the protest.

Source: CBC News February 02, 2026 04:20 UTC