Britain’s recent move to impose fresh sanctions on Iran under the banner of human rights, alongside posturing as a supporter of the negotiation process, once again reveals London’s consistent pattern of duplicity. The UK presents itself as a defender of freedom and morality, even as new documents in the Epstein case implicate high-ranking officials—from Prince Andrew to Lord Peter Mandelson—in one of the biggest ethical scandals in decades. This reality demonstrates that London’s human rights rhetoric is not rooted in principle but serves as a tool to divert public attention from deep domestic crises and global discredit.

A country accused of crimes against humanity, human trafficking, and complicity in aggression and genocide has no legitimacy to judge the rights of other nations. Diversions such as accusing Iran, intensifying sanctions, and highlighting foreign crises are failed attempts to whitewash this dark record—a record that cannot be cleansed simply by changing the narrative.

Domestic Crisis and Escapism in Foreign Policy

London’s duplicity must be analyzed in direct connection with the country’s fragile domestic situation. The Starmer government faces a sharp decline in popularity, growing demands for the prime minister’s removal, and an economic crisis. Efforts to rejoin the European Union, negotiate entry into the SAFE defense fund, and even travel to China to manage economic turbulence all signal strategic confusion in London.

In this context, an aggressive foreign policy toward Iran functions as a distraction—a tool to project false strength abroad while the foundations of legitimacy at home crumble. Sanctions and the claim to support negotiations are two sides of the same coin: managing domestic crises by manufacturing an external enemy.

Panic to Save Proxies and the Role of Chaos-Making

The UK’s record toward Iran shows an active role in fomenting unrest, psychological warfare, and destabilizing Iran’s social security. The British embassy, along with some European states, has functioned—on behalf of the US and the Israeli regime—as an operational hub for chaos and psychological pressure. Experience shows that whenever these unrest projects fail, London hastily resorts to media campaigns, diplomatic maneuvering, and sanctions to save its agents and mitigate the costs of failure.

Meanwhile, London has yet to answer for its breach of diplomatic norms in failing to protect Iranian diplomatic premises in the UK—a matter that cannot be hidden behind the simultaneous postures of sanctioning and negotiating.

Europe’s Hollow Drum and Glaring Duplicity

Repeated claims by British and European officials of support for negotiations stand in stark contrast to their destructive actions over two decades of dialogue, repeated breaches of trust, and direct involvement in domestic unrest in Iran. Today, Europe is not an independent actor but a pawn of the US and the Israeli regime—a machine for issuing hollow statements, the deep instability of which even German officials have acknowledged.

At the same time, London’s active participation in the genocide in Gaza, suppression of anti-Israeli protesters, and support for state terrorism represent the final act of its disgraceful duplicity. A country that must answer for its own crimes cannot claim to save humanity.