French Member of the European Parliament Raphael Glucksmann said Iran’s ruling system is now in “open war” against its own people, calling on European leaders to take concrete action as protests continue across the country.
In a statement, Glucksmann said Iranian authorities “kill, plunge the country into darkness, cut off communications, and kill again,” adding that violence has become their only way to cling to power. He said "the regime’s naked truth is death," describing it as an aging ideological system “ending in life’s destruction.”
Glucksmann said Europe has an ethical and strategic duty to stand alongside Iranians in what he called their revolution. He criticized the European Union for failing to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, despite years of demands in the European Parliament.
“Press releases are not enough,” he said, urging EU leaders to act immediately. Glucksmann said the Guards “are terrorists in Iran, across the region and even on our own soil,” calling for their financing, networks, leadership, and structure to be exposed and tracked.
He added that while security forces continue to kill unarmed women and men, they will not extinguish “the flame that is setting Iran alight.”
British Sunday newspapers led with Iran’s protests, focusing on reports of heavy casualties during the crackdown and the impact of the nationwide internet blackout.
The Sunday Times front page referred to an Iran death toll “in the hundreds,” while The Sunday Telegraph focused on President Donald Trump vowing to help Iranian protesters as his administration discussed military strike options.
