Thousands march on US Embassy in London to protest strikes on Iran
Thousands of demonstrators descended on the US Embassy in Nine Elms, London on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to US and Israeli military strikes on Iran in one of the largest public protests the capital has seen on the issue.
The march began at Millbank, near Westminster, before the crowd moved toward the diplomatic mission. Protesters carried Iranian and Palestinian flags alongside portraits of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reflecting the broad coalition of causes represented on the march.
The demonstration was organised by a coalition of activist and civil society groups, including the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Stop The War, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Muslim Association of Britain, the Palestinian Forum in Britain and Friends Of Al-Aqsa.
Addressing the crowd gathered outside the embassy, MP Zarah Sultana struck a defiant tone. "We will not be ignored again," she told protesters, signalling the determination of organisers to sustain public pressure over the military action.
The protest reflects growing public unease in Britain over the trajectory of military engagement in the Middle East, with demonstrators linking the strikes on Iran to the broader conflict involving Palestinian territories.
