Overview
- Demonstrators set off from Russell Square and concluded with speeches near Downing Street on Whitehall.
- Organisers framed the event as part of a Stop Bombing Iran Day of Action with parallel gatherings in Manchester, West Cornwall, Birmingham and Cardiff.
- Placards and chants denounced US policy and UK arms sales to Israel, with banners from Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
- Stop the War speaker Shabbir Lakha accused the US, Israel and the UK of fueling civilian suffering and rejected claims that Britain is not involved in the conflict.
- A separate protest near the Iranian embassy by Stage for Freedom drew fewer than 100 people who praised President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, criticised the IRGC and displayed Iranian, American and Israeli flags.