Foreign affairs committee chair says holding of men allegedly involved in protests part of ‘industrialised taking of hostages’
People clash with police during a protest earlier this year in Tehran after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.People clash with police during a protest earlier this year in Tehran after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.All British people still inshould leave immediately because of the “industrialised” level of people being taken state hostage, the chair of the foreign affairs select committee has said.
She said the individuals were being described as “British linked” because the Iranians were trying to claim the west and the the UK in particular had been orchestrating the protests. “They will never admit this is because of a brutal corrupt and oppressive regime,” Kearns said. Kearns, the Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton, called for sanctions against Tehran to be announced every day after any protester was executed by the Iranian regime. She also challenged a claim made by Rishi Sunak that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps had already been placed under UK sanctions. He made the claim while giving evidence to the Commons liaison committee
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