'This is Iran's Berlin Wall moment': Omid Djalili, comedian and actor
About this episode
Omid Djalili discusses his views on the Iranian regime and his experiences as part of the Iranian diaspora.
The British-Iranian comic on revolutions, Kensington, 9/11 jokes, King Charles and Iran's future. Omid Djalili has become one of the loudest voices in the Iranian diaspora calling for the overthrow of the regime in Tehran, in favour of US military action. While the world waits for Trump's next steps, Djalili talks to Nick about growing up in a hub of London's Iranian community, chasing history from Berlin to Czechoslovakia, deciding to perform in Saudi Arabia and turning down Game of Thrones Producers: Daniel Kraemer and Flora Murray Sound: Jack Wilfan Editor: Giles Edwards
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