High-profile human rights solicitor Sir Geoffrey Bindman spoke in support of democracy at a protest against the Iranian government last week, organised by the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran.

Bindman said: ‘Change is coming in the Middle East, and that would include the liberation of Iran.

'Great courage is required. It is a very crucial period.’

The sit-in outside the Iranian embassy began on 20 February and has also been addressed by Malcolm Fowler, member of the Law Society’s International Human Rights Committee.