“Iranians Have an Obscene Nickname for British PM Starmer”

“Is Starmer really a ‘kir’?

Failing British Prime Minister probably has been called worse, but Persian speakers around the world have a new, choice nickname for him.

In Iran and among the diaspora, Starmer is unable to avoid a rather unfortunate nickname.”

The United Kingdom has endlessly appeased the criminal regime in Iran. The Prime Minister speaks of protecting the innocent civilians of Iran but failed to act to help stop the regime’s massacre of 40,000 innocent Iranians in January.

Only an end to this regime – that brings… https://t.co/zseMopIsW6
— Reza Pahlavi (@PahlaviReza) April 9, 2026

Starmer’s passivity during the Iran military clashes let Iranian diaspora users fuming.

“’From his name, you can tell what kind of man he is’, one user wrote on X. While the joke predates the Iran war, the volume increased in the past month, and peaked this week when Sir Keir declared that Britain would not take part in any blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

The Prime Minister’s widely shared statement prompted an immediate eruption of jokes online, with many Persian speakers referring to him as ‘Kir Starmer’.”