Pro-Palestine Rally in London Defies Police Ban

The annual pro-Palestine Quds Day protests erupted in major cities worldwide over the weekend. From South Korea and Canada to Iceland and London thousands took to the streets. Quds Day is held on the last Friday of Ramadan and was first called for by Iran’s Supreme Leader Khomeini after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

Protestors condemned the US-Israeli war on Iran, the invasion of Lebanon and the ongoing occupation of Palestine.

Despite a ban by the UK government on the march through central London, a static rally went ahead.

Iranian monarchists and pro-Israeli protestors staged a counter-demonstration.