Banning the pro Iran March in London

[Mumblechum0]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm28gmlvedro

maybe I’m naive but I’m actually a bit shocked that we have people in our country who compare Al Khamenei to Nelson Mandela and who genuinely support “Iranian Human Rights” (aka the regime that has murdered tens of thousands of their own people) without a hint of irony. And there are thousands of them in the UK.

im concerned that we’re soon going to go back to the days of Islamic terrorists blowing innocent people up on our streets again.

Is it a pro-Iran protest or an anti-Trump one?

Good. The UK has no part in what’s happening in Iran right now so if they want to make a difference they’d be better off hopping on a plane over to Iran than protesting on our streets. Let the police do some actual policing instead of supervising protests every week.

Al-Quds is proPalestine.

It is not proIran.

This year’s organiser team has a few members apparently of Iranian origins that are alleged to support the regime in Iran.

The march itself has never been ProIran

It was banned this year due to the risk for civil unrest between protesters and counter protesters partially due no doubt to the sort of misinformation you are spreading. “Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley told BBC London he recognises the right to protest and freedom of speech, but in this case intelligence assessments and professional judgement told them the protests and counter-protests were "creating such a risk of violence that those marches needed to be banned".

The article doesn’t mention “Iranian Human Rights”, but the UK’s “Islamic Human Right Commission” which is a perfectly legal international organisation recognised by the UN.

Neither. It is an annual international ProPalestine protest.

Al-Quds Day, named after the Arabic name for Jerusalem, is often held on the last Friday of Ramadan.

Problem is the current war makes it likely to be a tinderbox.

Wasn’t Al Quds day started by Khomeini? Therefore has strong ties to the Iranian regime?

That is what they said on the news this morning .

It was started by him yes in 1979 just after the Revolution in Iran.
Even then, it was not about Iran but about Palestine.
It has been international and organised independently from Iran since 1997.

Yes, but still has ties to the regime as a result.

Al Quds day marches are still going forward in various cities in the USA & Canada

It is politically expedient for the press and certain politicians to say there are ties.

In Europe, it’s being reported more accurately as “alleged” ties to the regime.

If it has ties to the regime simply due to the fact it was started by Khomeni in 1979, then why did the UK allow the march in London for 40 years? But not now when the man is dead?

I am going with what the MET said in their request for the ban: risk of violence between protesters and counter protesters is too high given the current war.
The last time it was banned was during the 1988 Iraq-Iran war, so it comes as no surprise that during another Iran war it would be temporarily banned again.

I agree it was wise to ban the march, I just don’t believe all the political rhetoric.