British-Iranian comedian Omid Djalili talks to The Independent's Caspar Barnes about the brutal protest crackdown in Iran and whether US intervention could usher in a new era. Born in London to Iranian parents, Djalili has only been to Iran twice in his life. Once when he was three and the final time in 1971 when he was just six years old. Ever since his rise to fame in the mid-1990s with his breakthrough stand-up show “Short, Fat, Kebab Shop Owner’s Son” – which won critical acclaim and led to
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British-Iranian comedian Omid Djalili talks to The Independent's Caspar Barnes about the brutal protest crackdown in Iran and whether US intervention could usher in a new era. Born in London to Iranian parents, Djalili has only been to Iran twice in his life. Once when he was three and the final time in 1971 when he was just six years old. Ever since his rise to fame in the mid-1990s with his breakthrough stand-up show “Short, Fat, Kebab Shop Owner’s Son” – which won critical acclaim and led to
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‘The people of Iran have said we’d rather fight on our feet then die on our knees.’ British-Iranian comedian and actor @omid.djalili tells @mrdanwalker about the rising death toll in Iran. He's been speaking to people there and says they've “had enough of this regime.
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‘The people of Iran have said we’d rather fight on our feet then die on our knees.’ British-Iranian comedian and actor @omid.djalili tells @mrdanwalker about the rising death toll in Iran. He's been speaking to people there and says they've “had enough of this regime.
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