CND calls on all to join our campaign to send a strong message to the government that we will not allow it to drag us into a devastating war with Iran.
15 August: protest at RAF Fairford
New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has agreed to continue his predecessor’s policy of allowing Trump and the US military to use British bases as part of its war on Iran. Following an attack by a US B-1 bomber stationed at RAF Fairford in July, Iran’s foreign ministry has stated that Britain is an ‘accomplice’ to the US’s illegal war and now views British bases as legitimate targets.
The British government needs to use its diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the situation. Central to this is withdrawing the use of British bases.
The overwhelming majority of the British population oppose this deadly war and oppose Trump’s use of British bases.
The war has created a humanitarian disaster and caused the destruction of infrastructure, environmental damage, and economic crisis. The western sanctions on Iran must be lifted, and reparations paid for the terrible damage done to Iran.
Trump’s threat earlier in the year to destroy a civilisation, with its implied threat of nuclear war, sent a chill around the world. We need to expose the nuclear hypocrisy. Whilst Iran negotiated in good faith over its nuclear programme, the nuclear armed states of Israel and the US sabotaged these diplomatic efforts. It is US and Israel that are the nuclear threats. Britain, as a primary sponsor of the relevant UN resolution, should be promoting the establishment of a Nuclear Weapons-Free Middle East Treaty.
We have already marched and protested in our thousands, now help us keep up the pressure on this new government to end British complicity in the war on Iran.
Actions you can take today:
- Contact your MP
- Protest at Fairford
- Join CND
- Come along to our online public meeting to discuss next steps for the peace movement
- Sign CND’s petition to end the nuclear hypocrisy
- Donate to our emergency No War on Iran fundraiser