Paris/London — Thousands of supporters of an exiled Iranian opposition group marched through Paris on Friday, calling for an end to Iran’s clerical regime as Iranian Nobel laureate urged world action to weaken Mullah rulers.

The Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, widely referred to in the West as the MEK, were joined at the rally by an array of speakers before the march, from former and current French politicians to a one-time Algerian prime minister and a Syrian opposition figure.

Crowds waved posters of group leader Maryam Rajavi and founder Massoud Rajavi.

“As long as we’re dealing with the main state sponsor of terrorism, there is a concern ... But that will never stop us,” MEK spokesman Shahin Gobadi said.

Former French Sen. Jean-Pierre Michel said in an interview that “I’m not a fanatic of Mr. Trump ... but I think the United States is right about Iran.”

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi said she first had doubts about the 1979 revolution when members of the Shah’s regime were executed on the rooftop of a school housing its leader Khomeini.

“The economic sanctions are not to the benefit of the people. They make the people poor,” she told Reuters.

“However, those who are close to the regime benefit from economic sanctions because it gives them the opportunity to gain dirty money. So it’s good for them.” — Agencies