Nigel Farage calls on UK government to support Iran protesters

Leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage has urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government to take action in support of Iranians protesting what he described as a “brutal” regime.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Speaking to Al Arabiya during a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in London, held in solidarity with protests in Iran, Farage said he has opposed the country’s leadership for decades.“I have been opposed to this theocratic regime for forty years,” he said. “I was appalled in 2015 when the West basically appeased them with the JCPOA deal. All it’s done is to prolong the misery of the wonderful Persian people.”He also said Starmer and the government should “man up” to confront the Iranian government more forcefully. “Man up, man up. Recognize that freedom and liberty matter more than an appalling, theocratic, brutal regime,” Farage told Al Arabiya. Iran has responded to a wave of unrest over dire economic conditions