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Omid Djalili

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  1. “When I was in Dartford, there were a few Iranians didn't show up the front row were bought, tickets were bought, and they didn't show up because I think they were worried there'd be regime people there. But I told the audience, I doubt very much that IRGC terrorists would get a train down here and a replacement bus service from Crayford to come to this place. I doubt they're going to do that. So I think we're pretty okay right now. I've had people, I did a show actually at Cadogan Hall, and some people said they were sat behind some very heavy set people who didn't laugh at all. One of them laughed and the other one nudged him to stop. So I'm thinking they might be some regime people who have already seen it and think, yeah, he seems to be all right. I kind of like him, but we know the...”

    2026-02-27 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · 'This is Iran's Berlin Wall moment': Omid Djalili, comedian and actor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  2. “What do you think about Iran? I don't talk about it. It seems inappropriate to do tweets and then say, oh, by the way, come and see me in Exmouth and Plymouth this weekend. I don't feel it's appropriate to do that. If people want to come and they find out that I'm playing, great, because it's a show which was called Namast Day, which is about putting my anger of the last few years geopolitically what's been going on in the world. Namaste is the catalytic converter. I put my thoughts into. And then what comes out of it is comedy insights. And sometimes some beautiful things. So I'm still on tour. I've got to get on with it. I've had some Iranian. Can I just tell you this, Nick? I've had Iranians actually try and get the shows cancelled and English cloaks. I've got a mate here. He wants to talk to you. He goes, hello, Omijan. You're show tonight. I think you should cancel it. I said, why? He goes, you should not be working while terrible things are happening in Iran. I said, who's this? He goes, my name is Bijan. I said, where are you calling me from? He goes, I'm at work. I said, so right. Okay. So you can work, but I can't. And that's why.”

    2026-02-27 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · 'This is Iran's Berlin Wall moment': Omid Djalili, comedian and actor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  3. “Taking over your life, it has. If I'm on Zooms and people have been on Zooms with me and you see my eyes down, I am checking the Telegram channels. I'm thinking about what to tweet. I'm thinking about how I can help the people of Iran liberate themselves because what they've been trying to do, uprising after uprising, there's no level playing field. You've got bare hands and stones versus military-grade weapons. And it always ends up in thousands killed and the regime still staying in power.”

    2026-02-27 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · 'This is Iran's Berlin Wall moment': Omid Djalili, comedian and actor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  4. “We know that the regime shuts the internet down, so what we try and do, all of us with a bit of a platform, we try and be the voices of people, the voices of the voiceless. So actually whatever I'm saying from what I've been told is pretty much what the people of Iran want.”

    2026-02-27 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · 'This is Iran's Berlin Wall moment': Omid Djalili, comedian and actor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  5. “Yeah, they, meaning, have they gone yet? Them, yeah. But what we do, we go on the Telegram channels because that seems to be with about 5 to 10% connectivity. That seems to be through VPN a way that Iranians can get some videos out. As you know, the internet was shut while they slaughtered lots of people. And I think it's really important because I've spoken to some Muslim friends of mine saying, why aren't you calling out the Islamic regime? They're going to be causing so much Islamophobia because this isn't Islam, surely. Some friends have spoken to me about it and it looks like they're not on the same algorithm. They don't really understand what's going on. And some of the Pakistani Muslim friends I have, they make a very clear differentiation between the Pakistani diaspora in the UK and the Pakistanis inside Iran. And they say, well, the people outside the country don't necessarily say what they want inside the country. But you need to be really clear that from the very beginning, whenever these uprisings happen,”

    2026-02-27 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · 'This is Iran's Berlin Wall moment': Omid Djalili, comedian and actor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  6. “Hugely, I think this is something I've been watching for many, many years right now. I can tell you this is pretty much the Iranian diaspora experience, which is waking up, acrid mouth, bit of water, bit of coffee, saying, are they gone yet? And nothing happening. And then going on social media, going on the Telegram channels, see what the latest things are and talking about it.”

    2026-02-27 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · 'This is Iran's Berlin Wall moment': Omid Djalili, comedian and actor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  7. “Great to be there, Nick. So good to meet you in person because you look so well. You're so thin. You walk into a snooker hall and start chalking your head”

    2026-02-27 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · 'This is Iran's Berlin Wall moment': Omid Djalili, comedian and actor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  8. “This is Iran's Berlin War moment. With this whole thing of negotiations, we're not talking about lowering the ball. We're talking about getting rid of it. But when Ronald Reagan said this war has to come down, he meant bring it down. He didn't say let's lower it a bit.”

    2026-02-27 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · 'This is Iran's Berlin Wall moment': Omid Djalili, comedian and actor · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source