Al-Quds day march organisers associated with Iran regime'

"Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has approved a request from the Metropolitan Police to ban the march planned for Sunday to prevent serious public disorder. Ms Mahmood told MPs the plans for the procession have been led by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), an organisation that has been closely associated with the Iranian regime."

"The al-Quds day event, they said, is organised by a committee involving many organisations, of which the IHRC is prominent. The IHRC have said that the protest will go ahead on Sunday as a static demonstration and that they are an independent NGO, which does not accept funding from any government."

The UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood approved a Metropolitan Police request to ban an al-Quds day march scheduled for Sunday in London, marking the first ban since 2012. Mahmood informed MPs that the march organizers, primarily the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), maintain close associations with the Iranian regime. The annual protest, created by Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is presented as an international day supporting Palestine. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp characterized the IHRC as essentially a front organization for Iran. The IHRC responded by stating they are an independent NGO receiving no government funding and plan to proceed with a static demonstration instead. The march organization involves multiple organizations with IHRC as a prominent participant.

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