Police investigate ‘death to the IDF’ chants led by Bobby Vylan at Al Quds Day rally

At the Al Quds rally, many people waved the Iranian flag and held placards which said “Choose the right side of history”.

Some demonstrators chanted “from the river to the sea” and “death, death to the IDF” while others held pictures of the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Al-Quds Day, named after the Arabic name for Jerusalem, is often held on the last Friday of Ramadan.

It was first held shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Marches are held around the world, with the largest in Iran.

At the counter-protest on the north bank of the River Thames, a range of different groups gathered, including Stop the Hate, a Jewish-led group set up to campaign against antisemitism, and anti-Iranian regime groups, Lion Guard of Iran and the Free Iran Coalition.

Some people waved Israeli flags, and one sign read “Hamas is terrorist”.