"Thousands of demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday, calling for the cessation of US and Israeli strikes on Iran. Footage shows protesters holding pictures of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and placards reading 'God created war so that Americans can learn geography' and 'We must globalise our resistance to US and Zionist terrorism!' and chanting: 'From Iran to Palestine, bombing children is a crime’. The protest was organised by several major UK activist groups, including the Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Muslim Association of Britain. According to local reports, about 5,000 to 6,000 people demonstrated in the 'Hands Off Iran' protest, starting from Westminster, passing through central London and concluding with a post-march rally outside the United States Embassy. "Here we are again. Another country, another war, another massacre of slaughtering children and killing civilians. For what? Nobody knows. Is it oil? Is it money? Is it Epstein?" asked protester Sami. "Nobody wants to go to war. Nobody wants to see innocent children, innocent people, killing and dying. You're not killing the soldiers," he added. A counter-protest supporting the pre-Iranian revolution regime was also held simultaneously, with both opposing groups crossing paths at Vauxhall Bridge. "I looked on the map the other day, in the last generation, the United States, Israel, and their allies have attacked every country in a straight line from Beirut to Peshawar. That's 4,500 kilometres," said John Rees, a demonstrator. Another protester criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for leading the country deeper into "another illegal and disastrous war of aggression in the Middle East." The United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on the morning of February 28, resulting in the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Tehran later announced retaliatory strikes against Israel and US assets across the region. Tensions have since escalated, engulfing the wider region in turmoil."