Following the Paris Saint-Germain team lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League final in Lisbon, dozens of its disgruntled fans clashed with French riot police on the Champs-Élysées on Sunday.
Protesters knelt in silence and held signs in front of the US embassy in Paris on Monday in solidarity with George Floyd, an African-American who was killed by US police last week sparking unrest in the United States.
French police on Friday banned an anti-government Yellow Vests’ demonstration planned for this weekend in central Paris.
French unions called for a national protest in response to planned pension reforms.
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday urged the French government and police to refrain from violence against demonstrators in the country.
Nationwide strikes in France have entered their 29th day, making them the longest in the country since the civil unrest of 1968.
The French Interior Ministry announced that 806,000 people demonstrated across the country protested on Thursday, December 5, in protest of the pension law reform.
France is still in shock of the violent clashes that took place marking the first anniversary of the 'Yellow Vest' movement, leading to arrest of hundreds of protesters.
Iranian students held a protest in front of the French embassy in Tehran on Saturday to voice their support for the gilets jaunes (yellow vest) protesters in France.
Over a hundred demonstrators have been arrested at yellow vest protests in Paris and the Champs Elysees has been closed.