Some have seen a symbolic meaning in his decision to make Monday's vast demonstration in Tehran a march from Enghelab (revolution) Square to Azadi (freedom) Square.
The vast demonstration, which unfolded in crisp temperatures under cloudless skies, was not the exclusive province of climate campaigners.
He was there, unforgettably, at the vast demonstration against the war in Iraq in Hyde Park in February 2003.
At yesterday's vast demonstration in Paris of world leaders and ordinary folk, there was no top-level representative of the Obama administration, and on both sides of the pond, some people regretted that.
Back then, an unpopular Chávez withstood vast demonstrations, a short-lived coup and prolonged strikes-cum-lockouts. Mr Maduro seems to think he can likewise ride out the storm.
The mourning turned into vast demonstrations for a free press, more open and representative government, a crackdown on corruption and inflation, and independent labor unions.
The leader of the Democracy Movement, Ramon Saul Sanchez, a main organizer of the vast demonstrations that took place outside the Little Havana house before the federal raid, said he was organizing a protest flotilla of hundreds of boats that would sail to Cuba soon.
The murder of Mr. Hariri, a close friend of former President Bill Clinton, set off vast demonstrations — later known as the Cedar Revolution — that led Syria to pull its troops out of Lebanon after 29 years.
Asked to name the best decision Mr Morsi had made, 73% of the population told pollsters that he had made no good decisions.As the prospect of vast demonstrations loomed, Mr Morsi called on his supporters to put on a show of force.
The numbers involved were small in comparison to the vast demonstrations of the Arab spring.
