Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian jurist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, addressed a gathering of Iranians outside the British Foreign Office on Saturday demanding the proscription of the IRGC.
Emphasizing the importance of unity and solidarity among Iranians against their shared adversary, the Islamic Republic regime, Ebadi remarked, "While the eventual downfall of the Islamic Republic appears inevitable, I hold the hope that we can draw valuable lessons from the preceding 44 years. Diverse as our perspectives may be, let us recognize that we share a common adversary, and thus, should refrain from internal discord."
The event, which marked the second day of protests by Iranians residing in Britain, witnessed participants advocating for the inclusion of the Revolutionary Guards in the British government's list of terrorist organizations. The protesters congregated to pay homage to Shapour Bakhtiar, the final Prime Minister under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, and Fereydoun Farrokhzad, an accomplished Iranian artist and activist who was killed in his apartment while in exile in Germany, by assassins believed to have been sent by Iranian intelligence.
While momentum builds for the international community to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity, the British government's response to such calls has yet to culminate in concrete action. Despite a unanimous resolution passed by the House of Commons in January, urging the government to proscribe the IRGC as a terrorist group, the process has encountered bureaucratic hurdles.
Shirin Ebadi's impassioned plea for unity resonated with Iranians gathered in London, highlighting the pressing need for collective determination in challenging the repressive Islamic Republic regime.
