At the Al Quds rally, many individuals waved the Iranian flag and held placards which mentioned “Choose the right side of history”.
Some demonstrators chanted “from the river to the sea” whereas others held photos of the late Iranian chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Al-Quds Day, named after the Arabic title for Jerusalem, is commonly held on the final Friday of Ramadan.
It was first held shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Marches are held round the world, with the largest in Iran.
At the counter-protest on the north financial institution of the River Thames, a spread of various teams gathered, together with Stop the Hate, a Jewish-led group arrange to marketing campaign towards antisemitism, and anti-Iranian regime teams, Lion Guard of Iran and the Free Iran Coalition.
Some individuals waved Israeli flags, and one signal learn “Hamas is terrorist”.
Co-founder of Stop the Hate UK, Itai Galmudy, informed the BBC he had advocated for two-and-a-half-years to ban “these hate marches” and he believed “the political pressure finally got to where it needs to be”.
“Allowing them to still stand in front of us and still spew their hate, even if it’s a static protest – that’s not something that should be facilitated in our country,” mentioned Galmudy.
Laleh Tangsiri, from Lion Guard of Iran, mentioned she felt “very disappointed that we are not allowed to march and be a voice for people who are living in terror for 47 years”.
