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Protesters supporting the “mad mullahs” of Tehran are backing a regime which stones girls and hangs homosexual individuals, Nigel Farage has warned.

The Reform UK chief mentioned the Ayatollah and his cronies are funding “the growth of Islamism, sectarian voting and Jew hatred” within the UK.

And Mr Farage warned mass migration has led to individuals residing right here “who support the barbarism of the mullahs”, earlier than telling them: “We’re dealing with a savagery at a level we cannot believe.”

The police will for the first time use the River Thames as a physical barrier to separate al-Quds Day demonstrators from anti-Iranian protesters amid fears of violent clashes as the US/Israeli war with Iran rages on.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood banned a march because the organisers of the march were “closely associated” with the Iranian regime.

But Mr Farage told the Daily Express an American victory in the war would have a huge impact on British politics.

He mentioned: “I have confidence there are tens of millions of Persian people who will be liberated from this vile regime.

“They have publicly hanged 5,000 gay people. Women get stoned, buried to their waist in sand and stoned.

“We’re dealing with savagery at a level we cannot even believe.

“I struggle to understand how there are hundreds of people going out on the streets of Birmingham protesting in favour of the Ayatollah.

“The al-Quds march has been stopped but a demonstration will still happen.

“We have people living in this country who support the barbarism of the mullahs in Tehran, which brings us back to British politics and mass migration and all of the mistakes we’ve made.

“The Boris Wave let the wrong people in. We’ve always been open-minded about who we let in. But we’re letting in people who hate us.”

Scotland Yard has confirmed officers will use the River Thames as a physical barrier to prevent clashes between al-Quds day protesters and counter-demonstrators.

The tradition of al-Quds Day started after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and traditionally takes place on the last Friday of Ramadan. Marches are held around the world, and the day is described by the IHRC as an expression of support for Palestine.

Strict conditions imposed on the demos require those gathering to mark al-Quds Day to remain on the Albert Embankment on the south bank of the Thames, while counter-protests will be constrained to the Millbank area on the north side.

At least 12,000 people are expected to flood onto the streets of London, with around 1,000 police officers set to be deployed.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley mentioned: “The main march and counter-marches were planned by groups with sharply opposing objectives in a global context that is unusually volatile and emotionally charged.

“These groups would have been operating in close proximity. Many hold profound grievances against one another. Some have clashed before.

“Our assessment is that this combination presented a real risk of serious violence and disorder, of a kind that could not be safely mitigated through conditions alone.”

Sir Mark said London had seen “extraordinary levels of hate crime, both antisemitic and anti-Muslim” as well as “unprecedented targeting of dissident voices from Iran and of Jewish communities”.

Sir Mark added: “This is not about ideology. It is not about policing taste or decency. And it is emphatically not about national security being used as the basis for banning a protest.

“National security issues shape the environment in which we operate but they are not part of the legal test and they are not the basis for this decision.

“Our assessment was focused solely on the operational realities: the mix of groups, their locations, their mutual antagonism and the likelihood that, together, at this moment, they would create a highly volatile and confrontational situation on London’s streets.

“The prohibition does not prevent people from assembling. They still can, but static assemblies are significantly easier to manage and contain. This is where our operational experience shows we can most effectively reduce violence.

“This is, and must be, an operational policing decision.”