Paris, Place de la Bastille..October 10.

Human rights activists gathered yesterday to protest the death penalty,.. the proliferation of nuclear weapons (directed specifically at Iran) and a plea to President Obama to act and create world peace.

Speaking in the first video is Iranian-born human rights activist and classical musician Hamid Taherzadeh whose brother, a renowned singer, in 2003 was jailed and tortured in Iran for failing to cooperate with the Iranian government in the effort to write music to be used in military parades.

Many of the women participating in the demonstration tied their fingers together symbolizing the restraints upon women in Iran....Some of the men can be seen with ropes around their necks in protest of the hanging executions which make Iran, on a per capita basis, the nation most employing capital punishment against political prisoners.

non à la peine de mort!!...no to the death penalty!!

execution en Iran ça suffit ça suffit!!...execution in Iran..that's enough..that's enough!!

halte au massacre en Iran!!....stop the massacre in Iran!!

Liberté...something most of us take for granted..Liberty

and a footnote for those who may be interested...in 1978 Mr. Taherzadeh won the award for being the "best" musician in Iran.  He plays the tar...a stringed instrument and can be seen and heard on YouTube