Green Party leader Zack Polanski today accused Donald Trump of operating in ‘the law of the jungle’ as he hit out at America’s ‘illegal and unprovoked’ strikes on Iran.

The self-described ‘eco-populist’ led Left-wing fury at the US and Israeli attacks, which have killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Mr Polanski claimed ‘international law is eroding before our very eyes’ and said there was ‘no example in history where you’ve bombed people to democracy’.

In retaliatory action against the US and Israeli attacks, Iran has fired missiles across the Middle East with civilian airports and hotels being hit.

Mr Polanski said it was ‘absolutely outrageous’ that Sir Keir Starmer had condemned Iran for its action, but not ‘Israel and America that started the bombing in the first place’.

The Green leader, who has branded the US and Israel as ‘rogue states’, urged the Prime Minister to ‘get out on TV and condemn these illegal and unprovoked strikes’.

Mr Polanski, who saw his party win Thursday’s Gorton and Denton by-election, also claimed the UK should ‘disentangle’ itself from decades of military co-operation with the US.

Senior Tory MP Dame Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, said Mr Polanski’s ‘whacky posturing’ was ‘reckless and a threat to our national security’.

Meanwhile, questions were asked about Green deputy leader Mothin Ali’s attendance at a ‘Stop The War’ protest in London on Saturday.

The demonstration in Parliament Square saw activists brandish placards showing a portrait of Khamenei, while others flew the tricolour flag of the Iranian regime featuring the emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Green Party leader Zack Polanski today accused Donald Trump of operating in ‘the law of the jungle’ as he hit out at America’s ‘illegal and unprovoked’ strikes on Iran

The self-described ‘eco-populist’ led Left-wing fury at the US and Israeli attacks, which have killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Speaking on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show, Mr Polanski criticised Defence Secretary John Healey – who had appeared earlier on the programme – for failing to condemn the US attacks.

‘We’ve seen what I would say is an illegal and unprovoked attack,’ the Green leader said.

‘We’ve got a Defence Secretary saying that diplomacy is the long runway we need but won’t condemn Donald Trump when he attacks a country and assassinates its leader.

‘That’s the law of the jungle. That’s an end to international law.

‘It’s quite astounding that we have a Prime Minister that seems singularly incapable of standing up to Donald Trump and letting the UK stand on its own two feet, and I’m worried the UK is going to be pulled into another illegal war.’

Mr Polanski admitted he didn’t have ‘an easy answer’ on bringing peace and democracy to Iran and the region, but added: ‘I do know there’s no example in history where you’ve bombed people to democracy.

‘Air strikes for regime change has never led to an example where a country is better off afterwards.’

He insisted he was ‘here in no way to defend the Iranian regime’, but was ‘here to defend and speak up for the Iranian people’.

Mr Trump has said the objective of his strikes on Iran were to eliminate ‘imminent threats’ from the Iranian regime and to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

A demonstration in Parliament Square saw activists brandish placards showing a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

In the wake of the US and Israeli strikes, Mr Polanski claimed ‘international law is eroding before our very eyes and that is making us all less safe’.

‘My principle priority as a leader of a political party in the UK and, indeed, hopefully the prime minister, is to protect people in this country,’ he added.

‘And our national security is being worsened by increasing tensions in that region. I think the number one priority has to be cool heads and calling for de-escalation and to stick to international law.’

He urged Sir Keir to ‘get out on TV and condemn these illegal and unprovoked strikes’, adding: ‘I need to see the PM talk about de-escalation and I need to see a disentanglement of this country with the military with the US, which I think is pulling us into a more dangerous position.’ 

Challenged on whether he was also calling on Iran to stop its strikes, Mr Polanski said ‘he was calling on everyone to de-escalate’. 

Mr Trump has said the objective of his strikes on Iran were to eliminate ‘imminent threats’ from the Iranian regime and to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

The US President said he ‘sought repeatedly’ to strike a deal with Tehran but claimed Iran ‘rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions’.

But Mr Polanski said: ‘It’s absolutely outrageous they (Iran) can be at the negotiating table and then our PM puts out a statement that actually condemns Iran for a retaliatory attack, as opposed to Israel and America that started the bombing in the first place.’

Responding to the Green leader’s comments, Dame Priti said: ‘The Greens are once again proving they are not a responsible or serious political party.

‘After courting sectarian votes in Gorton and Denton, Polanski is now sowing further division by echoing rhetoric that undermines Britain’s national interest and pits communities against each other.

‘At a time when our national security and that of our allies is at stake, this kind of whacky posturing is reckless and a threat to our national security.

‘The Conservatives make no apology for supporting decisive action against Iran where it is necessary to protect our national security and uphold stability in the region.’

Labour MP David Taylor said: ‘How dare this absolute charlatan claim to be listening to and speaking up for the Iranian people, whilst doing anything but.

‘It was a shame he wasn’t asked why his deputy leader (Mr Ali) was present at a march where pro-regime chants, placards and flags were seen.’

Explaining why he attended Saturday’s protest, Mr Ali said: ‘I’m proudly anti-war. And to be anti-war that means looking to explore all possible diplomatic solutions.

‘The US and Israel took a unilateral decision in the midst of negotiations to kill the Iranian leader, and opted for war. This is deplorable.

‘I have always stood with ordinary people all over the world and that extends to the Iranian people and their quest for freedom.

‘But you can’t bomb a democracy into existence, the US and its proxies should have learned that lesson by now.’