Hundreds protest against threat of war with Iran following death of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani

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Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell has criticised the Government's response to the Iran crisis as he joined protesters at a Stop the War Coalition demonstration outside Downing Street.

Mr McDonnell and his colleague shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon are among around 150 demonstrators who are calling for the US to avoid any further conflict with Iran.

"We’ve been here before, we were here 17 years ago. And there’s one lesson that came from those events, is that violence begets violence,” Mr McDonnell said.

“And it was acts like this that led us to the catastrophic war in Iraq."

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