Baroness Nuala O’Loan, former Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and member of the UK House of Lords, called for urgent international action to stop executions in Iran and to hold the regime accountable for its human-rights abuses.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Simay Azadi on the sidelines of the conference at Church House Westminster on October 11, 2025, held as part of the “No to Execution” Campaign Week, she urged the United Nations to refer Ali Khamenei and other officials responsible for atrocities to the International Court, and called on the UK government to expand its sanctions to target all perpetrators.
Baroness O’Loan praised Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan, describing it as “a clear articulation of how Iran could be governed democratically, ensuring equal rights, freedom, and justice.”
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“In the past year, over 1,700 people have been executed in Iran,” said Baroness O’Loan in an exclusive interview with Simay Azadi at Church House Westminster on October 11, 2025, during the “No to Execution” Campaign Week.
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Full Interview
INTV Reporter: In the past year, more than 1,700 people have been executed in Iran. What should the international community—and especially the UK government—do to stop this?
Baroness O’Loan: I think action is required both by the United Nations and by individual countries. The United Nations needs to refer the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and all the perpetrators of these atrocities to the international court for prosecution for the crimes they have committed.
The United Kingdom has enhanced its sanctions regime, but it needs to expand it further so that it captures everyone responsible for these terrible acts—sanctioning them in terms of their assets and international dealings.
The international community must also call for an end to executions in Iran and publicly shame the regime for what it is doing.
INTV Reporter: There are voices calling for a return of the Shah’s son, who has never condemned his father’s abuses. How can this cycle end, and what are your thoughts on Mrs. Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan?
Baroness O’Loan: Madame Rajavi is a very exceptional lady. She has immense courage and has worked for nearly fifty years for the cause of the ordinary people of Iran—for democracy and freedom. Her Ten-Point Plan is a very clear and inspiring roadmap for how Iran could be governed so that people enjoy their rights, access education, and live freely as citizens in charge of their own affairs. It has been widely praised, and rightly so.
Exclusive interview with Baroness Nuala O’Loan, conducted by Simay Azadi on October 11, 2025, at Church House Westminster, London.