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Press TV journalist, suspended from Labour, defends Iran's right to say 'Death to Israel'

Robert Carter shot the footage of the no-confidence motion against MP Joan Ryan, which caused outrage when it was put out by the Iranian broadcaster

March 26, 2019 14:26
Press TV's Robert Carter (left) interviews Marc Wadsworth
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A Press TV journalist and Labour activist - who is suspended for filming a vote of no confidence against MP Joan Ryan and passing it to the broadcaster - has defended the Iranian regime and its right to call for “Death to Israel.”

Speaking to the JC outside the disciplinary hearing of long-suspended party activist Jackie Walker, Robert Carter said he supported what he called Iran’s “hard line” on Israel which he said was “a revolutionary statement.”

Mr Carter, a member of Enfield North Labour Party, had earlier conducted an interview for Press TV, the Iranian state broadcaster, with Marc Wadsworth, who was expelled from Labour over his confrontation with Jewish MP Ruth Smeeth at the launch of the Chakrabarti report into antisemitism.

Describing Iran as a “democracy in the Middle East,” Mr Carter told the JC Labour suspended him for “filming and leaking to the press” the footage of the Constituency Labour Party meeting that narrowly passed a vote of no confidence in Ms Ryan in September.