{"id":305385,"date":"2023-04-08T18:08:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T17:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=305385"},"modified":"2023-12-14T10:00:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T09:00:44","slug":"uk-lawmakers-endorse-iranian-womens-struggle-for-freedom-and-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/uk-lawmakers-endorse-iranian-womens-struggle-for-freedom-and-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Lawmakers Endorse Iranian Women’s Struggle for Freedom and Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On March 29, 2023, the Iranian Women\u2019s Association in the UK held a conference at the British House of Commons, co-chaired by Ms. Anna Firth, a member of the House of Commons of the UK, and Ms. Leila Jazayeri, the head of the Iranian Women\u2019s Association in England. The conference was attended by a distinguished group of British lawmakers, university professors, and lawyers, all of whom resolutely endorsed the Iranian people\u2019s valiant struggle for freedom and supported the ten-point plan of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During the conference, Ms. Anna Firth expressed her concern regarding the recent poison attacks against women and schoolgirls in Iran. She expressed her support of Mrs. Rajavi\u2019s ten-point plan<\/a> and other efforts to secure women’s rights in the future of Iran. \u00a0Ms. Firth also referred to a growing call in the UK Houses of Commons and Lords on putting Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on the list of terrorist organizations. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ve had one full debate on the Iranian issue, and I joined many other colleagues from both sides of the house in calling for the IRGC to be prescribed. That was before these latest horrendous poison attacks against women and schoolgirls. I\u2019d like to congratulate the National Council of Resistance<\/a> of Iran for the election of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi as its president-elect, and I’d like to endorse, as I have done on previous occasions, her ten-point plan and other platforms to secure women’s rights in the future of Iran and I’d like to call on the international community to recognize Mrs. Rajavi and her ten-point plan,\u201d Ms. Firth said.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She also called for international scrutiny of the attacks in Iran.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI welcome our government\u2019s declared position in determination to hold this regime to account. I’m encouraged by the government putting women\u2019s and girls\u2019 rights at the center of our policy, so I believe we should have an independent international investigation into these attacks in Iran,\u201d the conservative MP added.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Henry Smith, a senior member of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, denounced the human rights abuses committed by the regime in Tehran. He condemned the targeting of vulnerable groups, particularly schoolgirls, and expressed his outrage at the idea of schoolgirls being poisoned by their own government to intimidate them and prevent them from receiving an education.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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UK Lawmakers Endorse Iranian Women's Struggle for Freedom and Rights- March 29, 2023<\/div><\/div>
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