{"id":329740,"date":"2025-03-22T20:01:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T19:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=329740"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:39:06","slug":"uk-lawmakers-condemn-smear-campaign-against-iranian-resistance-and-appeasement-of-tehrans-hostage-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/demonization-documents-statements\/uk-lawmakers-condemn-smear-campaign-against-iranian-resistance-and-appeasement-of-tehrans-hostage-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Lawmakers Condemn Smear Campaign Against Iranian Resistance and Appeasement of Tehran\u2019s Hostage Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Parliament of the United Kingdom | Photo courtesy of\u00a0Wikipedia Commons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a statement issued on March 21, 2025, the British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF), backed by senior cross-party members of both Houses of Parliament, strongly condemned a character assassination campaign against Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), recently published in French media.<\/p>\n

The Committee linked the timing of the defamatory article to the release of a French hostage, warning that such appeasement only emboldens the Iranian regime\u2019s hostage diplomacy<\/a> and state-sponsored terrorism. They cited previous cases such as the release of convicted terrorist diplomat Assadollah Assadi<\/a> in exchange for hostages and called for stronger European action, including sanctions, embassy closures, and prosecution of Iranian agents. The Committee reaffirmed its support for Mrs. Rajavi and her Ten-Point Plan for a free, democratic, and secular Iran.<\/p>\n

The full text of the British Committee for Iran Freedom\u2019s statement follows below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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