{"id":13711,"date":"2013-05-16T12:45:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T11:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/iran-resistance\/13711-british-mps-demand-democratic-change-in-iran"},"modified":"2023-01-14T19:22:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T18:22:13","slug":"british-mps-demand-democratic-change-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/british-mps-demand-democratic-change-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"British MPs support democratic change in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ukparliament\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-39388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/ukparliament.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: left;margin: 5px\" width=\"336\" height=\"200\" \/>NCRI &#8211; British MPs have issued a strongly-worded statement demanding Iranian rulers are prosecuted for the &#8216;systematic violation&#8217; of human rights in the theocratic regime.<\/p>\n<p>They also called for endangered Camp Liberty residents to be urgently returned to Ashraf and expressed their anxiety over Iran&#8217;s secret nuclear weapons programme.<\/p>\n<p>The statement signed by the majority of Westminster MPs also backed Iranian Resistance leader Maryam Rajavi&#8217;s ten-point plan for the future of Iran after the terrorist dictatorship is overthrown.<\/p>\n<p>They wrote: &#8220;We condemn the systematic violation of human rights in Iran and are strongly disturbed by the regime\u2019s secret nuclear programme and its terrorist involvements in the region and the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Iranian people and the international community desire democratic change in Iran in 2013. 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