Britain’s shameful appeasement of Iran

France took some flak from Britain earlier this year for its perceived reluctance to rally to Ukraine after Russia’s invasion. They were accused of ‘appalling cowardice’ in one respectable newspaper and the Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, suggested that there was a ‘whiff of Munich’ about France’s approach to Vladimir Putin.

Britain has from the outset been a staunch and commendable ally of Ukraine, a position that Liz Truss has promised to maintain as Boris Johnson’s successor. It’s not just the occupant of 10 Downing Street who has been a robust supporter: celebrities, sports stars and just about every walk of life has also got behind the blue and yellow flag.

Unfortunately this solidarity doesn’t extend to Iran. Last week an Iranian exile in London, Anoosheh Ashoori, who was released from a Tehran prison in April, said he was ‘dumbfounded’ by the British response. ‘We have a woman as Prime Minister now who is being silent and is witnessing the murder of all these women,’ said Ashoori.