{"id":26524,"date":"2019-07-29T06:59:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T05:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/iran-resistance\/26524-uk-government-must-stand-firm-against-iran-s-regime-or-face-conflict-escalating-british-mp"},"modified":"2023-01-20T16:12:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:12:44","slug":"uk-government-must-stand-firm-against-iran-s-regime-or-face-conflict-escalating-british-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/uk-government-must-stand-firm-against-iran-s-regime-or-face-conflict-escalating-british-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Government Must Stand Firm Against Iran&#8217;s Regime or Face Conflict Escalating &#8211; British MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-53656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/UK_Government_Must_Stand_Firm_Against_Irans_Regime_or_Face_Conflict_Escalating_-_British_MP.jpg\" alt=\"UK Government Must Stand Firm Against Iran&#039;s Regime or Face Conflict Escalating - British MP\" title=\"Matthew Offord MP\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UK_Government_Must_Stand_Firm_Against_Irans_Regime_or_Face_Conflict_Escalating_-_British_MP.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UK_Government_Must_Stand_Firm_Against_Irans_Regime_or_Face_Conflict_Escalating_-_British_MP-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UK_Government_Must_Stand_Firm_Against_Irans_Regime_or_Face_Conflict_Escalating_-_British_MP-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UK_Government_Must_Stand_Firm_Against_Irans_Regime_or_Face_Conflict_Escalating_-_British_MP-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n<p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the UK Government must \u201cact now\u201d to stop a crisis with Iran&#8217;s regime from escalating after a British tanker was seized earlier this month by the regime, a UK Member of Parliament has insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Offord MP demanded action be taken now against Iran&#8217;s regime, according to Britain&#8217;s Express.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/1158749\/Iran-crisis-British-tanker-Gulf-Boris-Johnson-UK-Free-Iran-protest-London\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Express.co.uk on Sunday reported<\/a> on the major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/26521-live-coverage-major-free-iran-rally-today-in-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Iran march in London<\/a> over the weekend by supporters of the main democratic Iranian opposition group People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), otherwise known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The Express wrote: &#8220;On July 27, some 3,000 Iranians living in the UK demonstrated on the streets of central London, demanding comprehensive sanctions against the mullahs\u2019 regime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"UK_Government_Must_Stand_Firm_Against_Irans_Regime_or_Face_Conflict_Escalating\" class=\" size-full wp-image-53657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/UK_Government_Must_Stand_Firm_Against_Irans_Regime_or_Face_Conflict_Escalating.jpg\" alt=\"UK_Government_Must_Stand_Firm_Against_Irans_Regime_or_Face_Conflict_Escalating\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UK_Government_Must_Stand_Firm_Against_Irans_Regime_or_Face_Conflict_Escalating.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UK_Government_Must_Stand_Firm_Against_Irans_Regime_or_Face_Conflict_Escalating-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UK_Government_Must_Stand_Firm_Against_Irans_Regime_or_Face_Conflict_Escalating-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UK_Government_Must_Stand_Firm_Against_Irans_Regime_or_Face_Conflict_Escalating-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Offord was among numerous lawmakers and personalities that addressed the rally by MEK supporters.<\/p>\n<p>He told the chanting crowds: \u201cThe decision by world powers to decouple human rights and terrorism from the nuclear deal was a mistake and missed opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Along with deteriorating international relations, the regime in Iran is accused of severe human rights violations and barbaric treatment &#8211; especially of prisoners, such as that of Britain\u2019s own Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, The Express wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that many of my cross-party colleagues in both houses of Parliament agree with this assessment as we face growing aggressions from the regime in the Persian Gulf, seizing a British tanker in violation of International Law,\u201d Dr. Offord said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur response must be firm and result in a firm, principled policy towards the regime that hold its leaders and IRGC to account for these atrocities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe the UK Government must now act to proscribe the IRGC and the Ministry of Intelligence as terrorist organisations in their entirety in response to Teheran&#8217;s aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Express.co.uk report added:<\/p>\n<p>Banners and flags were unfurled on Saturday as the defiant crowds chanted message against the regime.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people descended on Trafalgar Square, many of whom were exiles who were forced to flee from their homes under the brutal and oppressive regime.<\/p>\n<p>The rally was just one of dozens being held across Europe and Washington, with protestors demanding action is taken to halt the regime.<\/p>\n<p>But as the rally took place in the British capital, Iran snubbed a diplomatic initiative by Oman to mediate in the tanker dispute.<\/p>\n<p>Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, told the Omani diplomat: \u201cSome of the region\u2019s countries have not only removed the possibility of talks because of hasty and arrogant moves and behaviour, but have also made managing regional crises a serious challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added the \u201cinterfering\u201d British plan for a European initiative to escort tankers in the Gulf \u201cwill achieve nothing but increase problems\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But the protestors were unperturbed, despite the snub.<\/p>\n<p>NCRI\u2019s president-elect Maryam Rajavi called on Britain and Europe to stop \u201cpaying ransom to the mullahs\u201d in a speech projected onto a screen at Trafalgar Square.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cWe urge Britain, Europe and all governments to halt giving concessions to the mullahs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not help them decrease the sanctions. Stand up to them. Place the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the mullahs\u2019 Gestapo (MOIS), Khamenei\u2019s office and Hassan Rouhani on the terror list.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI specifically urge the new UK government to support human rights, namely the suppressed human rights of the people of Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge them to take action to send an international fact-finding mission to Iran to visit the regime\u2019s prisons and the political prisoners particularly, the women,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the UK Government must &ldquo;act now&rdquo; to stop a crisis with Iran&rsquo;s regime from escalating after a British tanker was seized earlier this month [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":53656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[178],"class_list":{"0":"post-26524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance","8":"tag-save"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK Government Must Stand Firm Against Iran&#039;s Regime or Face Conflict Escalating - British MP - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the UK Government must \u201cact now\u201d to stop a crisis with Iran&#039;s regime from escalating after a British tanker was\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/uk-government-must-stand-firm-against-iran-s-regime-or-face-conflict-escalating-british-mp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK Government Must Stand Firm Against Iran&#039;s Regime or Face Conflict Escalating - British MP - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the UK Government must \u201cact now\u201d to stop a crisis with Iran&#039;s regime from escalating after a British tanker was\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/uk-government-must-stand-firm-against-iran-s-regime-or-face-conflict-escalating-british-mp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-29T05:59:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-20T15:12:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/UK_Government_Must_Stand_Firm_Against_Irans_Regime_or_Face_Conflict_Escalating_-_British_MP.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sedighe Shahrokhi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sedighe Shahrokhi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/uk-government-must-stand-firm-against-iran-s-regime-or-face-conflict-escalating-british-mp\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/uk-government-must-stand-firm-against-iran-s-regime-or-face-conflict-escalating-british-mp\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sedighe Shahrokhi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/192dca518f3da7c19e0aef04ffe2247e\"},\"headline\":\"UK Government Must Stand Firm Against Iran&#8217;s Regime or Face Conflict Escalating &#8211; 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