Iranian arrested for calling Hamas ‘terrorists’ gets his protest banner back

After a long and rapturous standing ovation from some 500 audience members at Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue, Ghorbani told them: “Many Iranians inside Iran risk their lives to say: ‘We are standing with you’, not just from October 7…Hopefully soon in Israel, there will be peace and destroy Hamas [sic].”

Haddad then said: “This fighter is one of the bravest men I’ve ever met, and do you know what he said [when he got his sign back]? ‘The terrorist supporters – the protesters, not the police - they thought that they could take this sign from me, [but] I’ve got it back. See you soon.’”

Yoseph Haddad speaking at Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue (Photo: E Jacobs Photography)[Missing Credit]

Nivi Feldman, co-lead of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in the UK, who arranged the event, told the JC: “Yoseph Haddad said he had something very special to show us tonight. He took the folded up sign out of the envelope and told us the story of his Iranian friend who got arrested for stating the obvious.

“We are so grateful to have these two friends on our side – Yoseph, who is Christian and Niyak, who is Iranian.”

Haddad has been speaking throughout the UK this week. On Tuesday, he gave a talk at Richmond Synagogue in south-west London.