‘Hands off Iran’: Hundreds rally in London to protest Israeli aggression
TEHRAN (Iran News) Hundreds of anti-war activists and human rights advocates gathered in central London on Saturday to protest against Israel’s ongoing military aggression against Iran, and call for an immediate end to Western political and military support for Tel Aviv.
Waving Iranian and Palestinian flags, the demonstrators chanted slogans against Israel and demanded a halt to arms sales to the regime.
Some carried placards reading, “Hands off Iran” and “Stop the war,” while others displayed images of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei with a message reading, “Choose the right side of history.”
The rally was organized by a coalition of over a dozen anti-war and rights groups.
In a statement, the Stop the War Coalition condemned the Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities, oil depots, and residential areas as illegal, arguing that they would not have been possible without U.S. and British backing – the same support that, it said, has fueled the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
The group drew parallels between the ongoing Israeli aggression against Iran and past U.S.-led military interventions in the region, warning of a repeat of the discredited “weapons of mass destruction” narrative used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
“Israel remains the region’s only nuclear-armed power, led by an increasingly reckless leadership,” the statement said.
Lindsey German, a leading activist in the Stop the War Coalition, said the rally also aimed to pressure the British government to end arms sales to Israel.
“The war on Iran must stop,” she said. “Israel’s aggression amounts to a war crime, and its claims of self-defense are a complete fabrication.”
- source : irna
