Making sense of Nigel Farage's shifting position on Iran

Описание: Reform's Richard Tice joins Lewis Goodall to react to the latest in Iran and reflect on his party's 'creditable performance' in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has been killed in a joint US-Israeli strikes targeting Iran - as retaliatory blasts continue to ring out across the Middle East.

President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that 86-year-old Khamenei was killed during the joint operation, with the death later confirmed by state media, after blasts rocked the leader's compound shortly after 6am GMT on Saturday.

Trump urged the Iranian people to seize “the single greatest chance… to take back their country” in the wake of the attack, as countless Iranians around the world took to the streets to celebrate - as others were seen to mourn the Supreme Leader's death.

A week-long public holiday and 40 days of public mourning have been declared following his death, Iranian state media reported.

It comes as the 'Red Flag of Revenge' was raised over the Jamkaran Mosque in Iran - a red banner symbolising justice and revenge in Shiite tradition.

In response to the strikes, the IRGC insisted it was carrying out a "sixth wave" of "missile and drone" strikes on 27 US military bases.

Overnight and into Sunday, blasts continued to rock several states across the Middle East, with Israel, Dubai, Qatar, Oman and Abu Dhabi as Iran targets an increasing number of civilian areas with drones and missiles.

Images showing the scale of the explosions have continued to emerge, with civilians in the firing line amid Iran's indiscriminate and increasingly volatile attacks.

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