FOSSIL Free London activists covered themselves in fake blood as they sat outside Shell’s London headquarters wrapped in a fuel pump today.

They erected a banner that read “BLOOD MONEY: No new oil & gas” amid expectations the fossil fuel giant will announce bumper quarterly profits today thanks to the Iran war.

Fossil Free London spokesperson Robin Wells said: “In these past few years, as our world becomes more unstable and the realities of climate breakdown set in, it’s never been clearer: Big Oil profits from, and locks in, mass death.

“And we’re feeling this so rawly right now. As we see thousands slaughtered in Iran and weep alongside those mothers who will never hold their children again, Shell is making a killing.”

More than 2,000 people have been killed by the US and Israel’s war in Iran, which has sent oil prices soaring due to a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.

Shell was contacted for comment.