On Thursday January 12, the United Kingdom’s House of Commons held a parliamentary debate on the current situation in Iran, discussing policy options in dealing with the clerical regime and supporting the nationwide uprising, which has persisted for the last four months.
The British MPs also urged the government to designate the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organization for its role both in domestic oppression and exporting terrorism abroad.
British MP Bob Blackman, a staunch supporter of the Iranian people and their organized Resistance movement, urged the UK government to proscribe IRGC as a terrorist entity, also explaining why all EU member states should follow this suit. He also referred to the genocidal regime’s four decades of crimes against humanity, such as the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners.
Thanks to @BobBlackman for asking the @HouseofCommons to proscribe #IRGC.
He further asked the "brave people of #Belgium" not to allow the possible transfer of Assadollah Assadi, #Iran mullahs' jailed terrorist-diplomat,to Iran, under the guise of prisoner exchange. @hadjalahbib pic.twitter.com/fp4BdjpVjA— Aladdin Touran (@AladdinTouran) January 12, 2023
“The mass murders by the IRGC are shocking but perhaps not surprising. In 1988, the current president of Iran, president [Ebrahim] Raisi, was responsible for the prosecution of 30,000 political prisoners. All of them were executed. Ninety percent of those were members and supporters of Iran’s main opposition movement, the PMOI. The 1988 massacre held many similarities with today’s uprising. That was, of course, rooted in a fundamental conflict between the people of Iran, who were demanding freedom, democracy, and economic and social developments after the overthrow of the Shah,” he said.
“The IRGC created, founded, and has armed a vast Middle Eastern network of terrorist groups. From Hezbollah in Lebanon to Houthis in Yemen, all spreading war across the region. Iran has supplied Hezbollah alone with some 150,000 missiles,” MP Blackman added.
MP Anna Firth also joined her colleagues in praising the ongoing Iran revolution while describing it as a movement toward lasting democratic change in Iran.
British MP @JimShannonMP quotes #Iran opposition NCRI President-elect @Maryam_Rajavi's emphasis that what we're witnessing is an #IranRevolution.
The Iranian people are rejecting any kind of dictatorship, be it the mullahs' regime or that of the Shah's.#FreeIran2023 pic.twitter.com/2JR3ytWQPW— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 12, 2023
British MP David Jones also urged the UK government to invoke the global human rights sanctions regulations against the regime’s officials, mainly for Raisi due to his role in the 1988 massacre. He also urged the UK government to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization.
The remarks of other British lawmakers will be subsequently added.