Reform UK leader Nigel Farage voiced support for President Donald Trump’s warnings toward Iran and called for backing anti-regime forces, addressing demonstrators outside Iran’s London embassy amid renewed unrest.
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Reform UK leader and Brexit figure Nigel Farage on Monday publicly backed President Donald Trump’s posture toward Iran, endorsing potential military action against the country’s ruling institutions and praising what he described as pro-freedom forces protesting the Islamic government.
Farage addressed a rally outside the Iranian embassy in London, where demonstrators gathered in solidarity with ongoing unrest in Iran. Speaking to the crowd, he called for “freedom for Iran,” praised the “beautiful Persian people,” and expressed support for what he framed as a revolutionary effort despite what he described as the “terrible price” being paid by civilians across Iranian cities. Footage of his remarks was later shared on X.
The protest followed a separate weekend incident at the same embassy, where a pro-monarchy demonstrator climbed the building’s façade and replaced the current Iranian flag with the pre-1979 Persian flag. The embassy’s balcony is historically significant as the site of the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege, which ended with a British special forces operation, as documented by the National Army Museum.
Farage attended the embassy rally shortly after appearing at a press conference announcing a new defection to Reform UK, a party he leads that has recently gained traction in UK polling. At that event, Farage reiterated his long-standing criticism of Iran’s leadership and Western engagement with the regime, calling for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to be formally designated as a terrorist organization by the British government.
“We should have proscribed the IRGC years ago, just as we should have proscribed the Muslim Brotherhood,” Farage said, criticizing the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. He described the nuclear agreement as a failure that he said released large sums of money later used to support groups such as the Houthis, Hezbollah, and Hamas.
Farage said he supported what he described as “military action against the IRGC, the Revolutionary Guard, on the ground in Iran so the good guys can win this revolution,” adding that he hoped President Trump would act in the coming days.
He repeated similar remarks at a Reform UK rally over the weekend, again condemning the JCPOA and expressing support for demonstrators opposing Iran’s government. Video from that rally circulated online.
Farage’s focus on Iran predates the current unrest. He has previously said he maintains a personal relationship with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last monarch, whom he has described as a friend. In remarks made in 2018, Farage criticized Iran’s leadership as a “repressive regime” and noted that some protesters at the time were openly calling for the return of the monarchy.
The comments from Farage followed recent statements by President Trump, who said the United States “stands ready to help” if Iranians seek political change. On January 9, Trump said Iran was “in big trouble” and warned that if authorities responded to protests with violence, the United States would intervene, adding that such involvement would not necessarily include deploying troops but would involve striking “very, very hard where it hurts,” according to remarks later shared online.
Neither the UK government nor Iranian officials issued immediate responses to Farage’s remarks.
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