British MP Bob Blackman has urged the Dutch parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee to rescind an invitation to Reza Pahlavi, warning that giving the son of Iran’s former Shah an official platform risks undermining the Iranian people’s democratic aspirations. In a letter dated 30 June, addressed to the chairman and members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives in The Hague, Blackman said he was writing on behalf of the British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF), a cross-party group of members from both Houses of the UK Parliament. Read: Trump questions Reza Pahlavi’s ability to win support in Iran The letter followed reports that Pahlavi had been invited to address the Dutch committee on 6 July. Blackman later […]
UK MPs warn platforming Pahlavi risks replacing ‘one form of authoritarian rule with another’

