{"id":272495,"date":"2023-01-13T10:38:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T09:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=272495"},"modified":"2023-02-08T01:48:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T00:48:06","slug":"debate-in-uk-house-of-commons-on-irans-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/debate-in-uk-house-of-commons-on-irans-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate in UK House of Commons on Iran\u2019s Protests\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_274977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274977\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-274977 size-full\" title=\"House of Commons 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/House-of-Commons-1.jpg\" alt=\"House of Commons 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/House-of-Commons-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/House-of-Commons-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/House-of-Commons-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/House-of-Commons-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/House-of-Commons-1-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-274977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House of Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Thursday January 12, the United Kingdom\u2019s House of Commons held a parliamentary debate on the current situation in Iran, discussing policy options in dealing with the clerical regime and supporting the nationwide uprising, which has persisted for the last four months. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The British MPs also urged the government to designate the Iranian regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organization for its role both in domestic oppression and exporting terrorism abroad.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">British MP <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobBlackman\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Blackman<\/a>, a staunch supporter of the Iranian people and their organized Resistance movement, urged the UK government to proscribe IRGC as a terrorist entity, also explaining why all EU member states should follow this suit. He also referred to the genocidal regime\u2019s four decades of crimes against humanity, such as the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobBlackman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BobBlackman<\/a> for asking the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseofCommons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HouseofCommons<\/a> to proscribe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGC<\/a>. <br \/>He further asked the &quot;brave people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Belgium?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Belgium<\/a>&quot; not to allow the possible transfer of Assadollah Assadi, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> mullahs&#39; jailed terrorist-diplomat,to Iran, under the guise of prisoner exchange. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hadjalahbib?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hadjalahbib<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fp4BdjpVjA\">pic.twitter.com\/fp4BdjpVjA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aladdin Touran (@AladdinTouran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AladdinTouran\/status\/1613552819096748032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe mass murders by the IRGC are shocking but perhaps not surprising. In 1988, the current president of Iran, president [Ebrahim] Raisi, was responsible for the prosecution of 30,000 political prisoners. All of them were executed. Ninety percent of those were members and supporters of Iran\u2019s main opposition movement, the PMOI. The 1988 massacre held many similarities with today\u2019s uprising. That was, of course, rooted in a fundamental conflict between the people of Iran, who were demanding freedom, democracy, and economic and social developments after the overthrow of the Shah,\u201d he said. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe IRGC created, founded, and has armed a vast Middle Eastern network of terrorist groups. From Hezbollah in Lebanon to Houthis in Yemen, all spreading war across the region. Iran has supplied Hezbollah alone with some 150,000 missiles,\u201d MP Blackman added.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MP Anna Firth also joined her colleagues in praising the ongoing Iran revolution while describing it as a movement toward lasting democratic change in Iran.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">British MP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimShannonMP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JimShannonMP<\/a> quotes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> opposition NCRI President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maryam_Rajavi<\/a>&#39;s emphasis that what we&#39;re witnessing is an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a>.<br \/>The Iranian people are rejecting any kind of dictatorship, be it the mullahs&#39; regime or that of the Shah&#39;s.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2JR3ytWQPW\">pic.twitter.com\/2JR3ytWQPW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1613540415709532161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">British MP David Jones also urged the UK government to invoke the global human rights sanctions regulations against the regime\u2019s officials, mainly for Raisi due to his role in the 1988 massacre. He also urged the UK government to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The remarks of other British lawmakers will be subsequently added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On Thursday January 12, the United Kingdom&rsquo;s House of Commons held a parliamentary debate on the current situation in Iran, discussing policy options in dealing with the clerical regime [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":274977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,75,9,15],"tags":[198,222,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-272495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance","8":"category-stop-executions-in-iran","9":"category-iran-protests","10":"category-human-rights","11":"tag-ncri","12":"tag-iranian-resistance","13":"tag-iran-protests"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Debate in UK House of Commons on Iran\u2019s Protests\u00a0 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u00a0 On Thursday January 12, the United Kingdom\u2019s House of Commons held a parliamentary debate on the current situation in Iran, discussing policy options in\" \/>\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-protests\/debate-in-uk-house-of-commons-on-irans-protests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Debate in UK House of Commons on Iran\u2019s Protests\u00a0 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 On Thursday January 12, the United Kingdom\u2019s House of Commons held a parliamentary debate on the current situation in Iran, discussing policy options in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/debate-in-uk-house-of-commons-on-irans-protests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-13T09:38:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-08T00:48:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/House-of-Commons-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shamsi Saadati\" \/>\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=\"Shamsi Saadati\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 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-protests\\\/debate-in-uk-house-of-commons-on-irans-protests\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/debate-in-uk-house-of-commons-on-irans-protests\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shamsi Saadati\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/410cc710e9b11fe1e0140afae956d6e6\"},\"headline\":\"Debate in UK House of Commons on Iran\u2019s Protests\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-13T09:38:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-08T00:48:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/debate-in-uk-house-of-commons-on-irans-protests\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":390,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/debate-in-uk-house-of-commons-on-irans-protests\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/House-of-Commons-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"NCRI\",\"Iranian Resistance\",\"Iran Protests\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Iran Opposition &amp; 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