{"id":31641,"date":"2026-03-23T03:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/31641\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T03:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:05:09","slug":"hands-off-iran-10000-workers-demand-on-london-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/31641\/","title":{"rendered":"HANDS OFF IRAN! \u2013 10,000 workers demand on London march"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\"\"<\/a>Over 10,000 demonstrators marched in support of Palestine and Iran from Russell Square to a rally in Whitehall<\/p>\n

The march was organised by a number of groups including Stop the War, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Friends of Al-Aqsa.<\/p>\n

The Workers Revolutionary Party and Young Socialists led a loud and lively contingent which kept up constant chants of: \u2018Hands off Iran, Hands off Gaza, Hands off Lebanon!\u2019 \u2018From Iran to Palestine, killing children is a crime!\u2019 and \u2018Trump, Netanyahu, Starmer you can\u2019t hide \u2013 We charge you with Genocide!\u2019<\/p>\n

As the march was assembling, Dr Huma Shah, a university lecturer from Harrow, north west London, told News Line: \u2018The US and Israel are responsible for the murder of so many people, total destruction and environmental catastrophe. Whereas Iran is just defending and protecting itself.<\/p>\n

\u2018Tony Blair has made so much money from imperialist war with his Blair Foundation. He should be hauled before the ICJ (International Court of Justice) and so should Starmer, who doesn\u2019t have a mandate to follow Trump.<\/p>\n

\u2018Iran is proudly standing up to imperialist aggression, with its 90 million-strong population supporting their government.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve already been on strike for Palestine. We need a general strike. Long live Iran.\u2019<\/p>\n

Maria Bueno, a teaching assistant and GMB union member from Marylebone, said: \u2018We must get US bases out of Britain and all countries now. There has to be a change. What\u2019s happening today is like the fall of the Roman Empire.<\/p>\n

\u2018The capitalists are out of control. The TUC should call a general strike. We need to change the system and take control.<\/p>\n

\u2018The war on Iran is an excuse to steal their resources and just more colonialism. We should realise that we have the power if only we choose to use it.\u2019<\/p>\n

At the end of the march, Laila Rachmi, a nurse from Liverpool, said: \u2018Stop the war and stop the homelessness. Stop spending money on war and spend it on the working class. End homelessness.<\/p>\n

\u2018We need a real revolution. These imperialists have to go. They want to make it illegal to support Iran. But they can\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m Iranian. We\u2019re fighting for a new system and new policies that are going to bring people together, especially for the new generation that is coming up.\u2019<\/p>\n

The first speaker at the rally in Whitehall on Saturday was Fran Heathcote, General Secretary of the PCS civil service workers union, who said: \u2018The Prime Minister thinks it\u2019s okay to allow the use of British military bases to attack Iran. No, it\u2019s not okay. No to US military bases in Britain and no support for the pathological maniac in the White House!\u2019<\/p>\n

Famous musician and President of Stop the War, Brian Eno said: \u2018The Iraq war was about taking over territory and stealing oil and that is exactly what is behind these US-Israeli attacks on Iran. They are nothing to do with defence. We need to stop being so reliant upon oil.\u2019<\/p>\n

Abbas Edehat, from the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran, said: \u2018This attack on Iran is an extension of the genocide in Gaza. They are trying to destroy Iran as a civilisation.<\/p>\n

\u2018Most of those Iranians who protested against the government earlier this year are now fully supportive of the Iranian government. This is a war of aggression and the British government is fully complicit. Hands off Iran!\u2019<\/p>\n

Louise Regan, Chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: \u2018Trump\u2019s war on Iran has already killed thousands. Israel is continuing with its longstanding Zionist plan of eliminating the Palestinian people and stealing their land.<\/p>\n

\u2018Yesterday\u2019s announcement that the US can use British bases to launch bombing attacks on Iran is a reckless escalation. Stop bombing Iran!\u2019<\/p>\n

Dianne Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney East, said: \u2018The bombing of Iran is an illegal imperialist war of aggression led by US and Israel, with Britain bringing up the rear.<\/p>\n

\u2018We know there is no nuclear material in Iran, just as there was none in Iraq. This is a war of exploitation by American power and the role of the British government is despicable. Britain is sending drones to the region and we are told they are contemplating direct involvement.\u2019<\/p>\n

Journalist and author of the recently published book, \u2018Complicit: Britain\u2019s Role in the Destruction of Gaza,\u2019 Peter Oborne, said: \u2018This war amounts to the supreme crime \u2013 a war of aggression waged by just two men, Trump and Netanyahu, war criminals.<\/p>\n

\u2018This war is thoroughly illegal, a criminal act launched by these two men, illegal, abominable, murderous and horrible. Britain should stay clear.\u2019<\/p>\n

Tariq Ali, from Stop the War, said: \u2018This war was started by Trump and Netanyahu. Israel is determined all the Arab states must be destroyed.<\/p>\n

\u2018Now they are moaning that Iran is destroying the military bases in these countries. The only country in the defensive mode is Iran and it is the only country that has the right to fight back.\u2019<\/p>\n

Samir Jaba, from Defend Palestinian Rights, said: \u2018While this war in Iran has developed for one month Israel has been intensifying its attacks on Palestine.<\/p>\n

\u2018It has shut down the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. I\u2019ve lived in Jerusalem all my life and Ramadan has always been a vibrant time for Muslims and Christians alike.<\/p>\n

\u2018But now life in Jerusalem is being suffocated. People have to tell Israeli officials when they leave their homes. Israel has reached a point when it no longer needs to justify its actions. Why? Because it has got away with genocide. Our message is clear \u2013 we stand with Jerusalem.\u2019<\/p>\n

Gazal Diani, Iranians against Imposed War, said: \u2018The scale of human suffering is immense. 38 million deaths worldwide. We\u2019ve endured 40 years of criminal sanctions and sustained economic strangulation.<\/p>\n

\u2018What they seek is a collapsed state. So when people talk about the main desire of Iranian women being to wear a bikini on a beach, they should realise that there will be no beach, no water access, no Iran, if the imperialists get their way.<\/p>\n

\u2018The US and Israel manufacture content to try to fool these people. They celebrate the bombing of Iran. They live in a version of Iran that only exists in their imagination. Long live Iran! Long live the great people of Iran and let this mark the end of the imperial era.\u2019<\/p>\n

Shamir Lakir from Stop the War, said: \u2018American planes are leaving British bases loaded with bombs, sent to butcher the Iranian and Palestinian people. This pro-imperial and pro-Israel government is also trying to get rid of trial by jury. Keir Starmer\u2019s policy of increasing military spending is supported by Zionists, monarchists and fascists.<\/p>\n

\u2018At the same time as they are bombing Iran they are strangling Cuba. Get military bases out of the Middle East and get US military bases out of Britain.\u2019<\/p>\n

Maryam Eslamdoust, TSSA railworkers union general secretary, said: \u2018Yesterday, Iranians celebrated New Year. We raised our heads higher. The British government is fully complicit in this illegal war against Iran. There are no such thing as \u201cdefensive attacks\u201d in an illegal war.<\/p>\n

\u2018The British economy is about to taste the fruits of this illegal war. The consequences of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are now being served on the West. If the West wants relief from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz then it should lift the sanctions from which Iran has been suffering for so long. It can and must be done now.\u2019<\/p>\n

Tariq Halil, from the Palestinian Forum in Britain, said: \u2018My mind today is preoccupied by the thousands of Iranians massacred and the Palestinian prisoners being tortured.<\/p>\n

\u2018Racist settlers have a free hand to murder, pillage and pogrom. It is easy to feel overwhelmed and yet history and our own teachings show that these aggressions are stumbling to their miserable fate. Our struggle can only end in justice and victory.\u2019<\/p>\n

Second World War Jewish Holocaust Survivor Stephen Kapos said: \u2018The Nazis carried out genocide on an industrial scale. Today, Israel\u2019s war against Iran and Lebanon and Palestine is genocide and an increasing number of Jews oppose Israel.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Zionists have morally self-destructed with their genocide and we anti-Zionist Jews condemn Israel\u2019s illegal wars and assassinations. We must be vigilant in the fight for freedom and the freedom of Palestine. Free, Free Palestine.\u2019<\/p>\n

Sophie Bolt, general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) said: \u2018Trump is escalating mobilisation of troops and talking about a land invasion. Overwhelmingly military experts are warning that it would be a catastrophe.<\/p>\n

\u2018Yet again, Starmer has buckled to US pressure. He\u2019s done it in the full knowledge that it will put British lives at risk.<\/p>\n

\u2018Pull the plug on the war. We need a new world order, at the heart of which must be nuclear disarmament.\u2019<\/p>\n

The final speaker was former South African MP Andrew Feinstein, who said: \u2018Yesterday was the 23rd anniversary of the illegal invasion of Iraq. Starmer doesn\u2019t represent Britain, he represents Trump. We have to kick him out now.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over 10,000 demonstrators marched in support of Palestine and Iran from Russell Square to a rally in Whitehall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5328,14640,948,14641,34,94,37,3994,14642,498,14643,1103,2916,3497,680,14644,14645,256,14646,14647],"class_list":{"0":"post-31641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-civil-servants","10":"tag-education","11":"tag-gmb","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-iraq","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-labour-party","16":"tag-nursing","17":"tag-palestine","18":"tag-pcs","19":"tag-police","20":"tag-protest","21":"tag-south-africa","22":"tag-strike","23":"tag-tuc","24":"tag-unions","25":"tag-usa","26":"tag-wrp","27":"tag-young-socialists"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116276279566240427","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}