It has been noted elsewhere that Jeremy Corbyn hasn't commented on the protests that are happening across Iran. Why might the supposedly doughty proponent of democracy not apparently be interested in criticising the Iranian regime?
'Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn accepted up to £20,000 (about $27,000) for appearances on the Iranian state broadcast network Press TV - a channel that was banned in the UK for its part in filming the detention and torture of an Iranian journalist.
Corbyn was paid for appearances on Press TV five times between 2009 and 2012, according to his register of interests, available at this online House of Commons database.
Corbyn's final Press TV appearance was six months after the network had its broadcasting license revoked by Ofcom for airing a forced confession by Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari.'
More here http://uk.businessinsider.com/jeremy-corbyn-paid-iran-press-tv-tortured-journalist-2016-6 but obviously not on the Labour Party's propaganda arm the BBC. Why would the pro Labour Party and institutionally anti Israel BBC report anything that might run contrary to their prejudices?
Meanwhile one could wonder what attracts Jeremy Corbyn to the Iranian regime. Maybe its visceral hatred of Israel? Maybe its support for the Islamist terrorists of Hamas and Hezbollah, the groups that Jeremy Corbyn has previously described as 'friends'?
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