Why are pro-Iranian demonstrators allowed to voice their hate in London?
From our UK edition
For years, Britain has defended freedom of speech. Having been brought up in a country, Iran, where my father was imprisoned for criticising a policy of the government, I have always supported this invaluable principle. However, we have defended it by not allowing a space for the growth or expression of certain fascist ideologies that threaten that very principle. Rightly so. Nazi supporters, for example, have never been allowed to have rallies in London. When it comes to the Islamic Republic of Iran we seem to be complacent Yet when it comes to the Islamic Republic of Iran we seem to be complacent. On the streets of London on Wednesday, a group of pro Islamic Republic Iranians chanted 'Death to America' and 'Death to Israel'.
