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By Rebecca LoweSource: Enfield Independent
FAMILIES from Enfield are among the crowds protesting against the Iranian regime outside Downing Street this afternoon. <\/p>\n
By Rebecca Lowe
Source: Enfield Independent
FAMILIES from Enfield are among the crowds protesting against the Iranian regime outside Downing Street this afternoon. <\/p>\n
Around a dozen residents have joined the demonstration, which aims to convince the Government to take stronger action against Iran. <\/p>\n
Hundreds of people have been arrested in the country since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election in June. <\/p>\n
It has now grown into the biggest challenge to the Iranian Government since the 1979 Islamic revolution. <\/p>\n
Reza Rahmanfard, 50, from Southgate, lost his brother in 1982 when he was executed, aged 19, for supporting the People's Mujahideen of Iran (PMOI), the main opposition group. <\/p>\n
Mr Rahmanfard was imprisoned for the same reason between 1982 and 1987. <\/p>\n
Speaking today to the Enfield Independent, he said: "We are protesting to support the Iranian uprising and condem the Iranian regime. <\/p>\n
"The main important issue is to force the British Government to take very firm action against the Iranian regime. <\/p>\n
"We want them to put oil sanctions on Iran and stop diplomatic relations. <\/p>\n
"We will defeat this regime, but Britain needs to be much, much firmer in its policy." <\/p>\n
The PMOI is one of several organisations blamed by the Iranian Government for the demonstrations against its rule. <\/p>\n
Since June 2009, Amnesty International has documented an increase in the number of executions in Iran, including those against the PMOI. <\/p>\n
Ali Saremi, 62, was sentenced to death for "moharebeh", or enmity against God, on December 29, 2009, after being convicted of being a member of the PMOI. He has already spent 23 years in prison. <\/p>\n
Mr Saremi's son lives in Camp Ashraf, Iraq – a refugee camp containing friends and relatives of Enfield residents, which was raided by the Iraqi Government in July 2009. <\/p>\n
The raid resulted in 11 deaths and hundreds of injuries, but the Iraqi Government denies the use of violenec.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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