400 British MPs, Peers call for a firm policy on Iran

British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom 

A panel of experts on Iran affairs together with parliamentarians from both Houses of Parliament and each major political party discussed UK policy toward Iran on Thursday, June 30 during a conference in the House of Commons.
The parliamentarians expressed concern over recent increases in the number of executions in Iran and the use of barbaric punishments such as flogging and amputations by Iranian authorities.
They called attention to the deteriorating human rights situation in the country since last year's nuclear deal, including arbitrary arrest of youths, women, activists, human rights defenders, dissidents and dual citizens. These arrests have often been justified under bogus charges like undermining “national security” or “Mohareb (enmity towards God)“.
Speakers pointed out that the intensified crackdown on civil society, as tragic and appalling as it is, is a sign of weakening of the theocratic regime. They suggested that it indicates the regime has no other answer to the legitimate democratic aspiration of the Iranian people or the increasing levels of popular dissent.