Iran protests

Western media personalities who visited Iran this week have parroted the regime’s claims that foreign-backed rioters are behind the recent unrest.

In a region where threats are declared openly and acted upon decisively, moral symmetry is not restraint. It is an invitation.

Her film Roya tells the story of a fictional teacher detained in Evin, but it is also deeply personal for Mohammadi, who has been arrested multiple times in Iran on charges of propaganda.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for an end to the violence and repression, “including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, and torture.”

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has described the ongoing protests as “unimaginable,” urged authorities to “treat this disease” rather than “erase the issue.” 

There is a crucial fact that Western observers consistently forget: The worst violence against Iranian protesters has always occurred under so-called “reformist” governments. 

Pahlavi said that there were signs that the Iranian government was on the brink of collapse and that an attack could weaken it or accelerate its fall.

"Ukraine supports the Iranian people as they are fighting for their future; we also express our sympathy to all the victims of the Iranian regime," Zelensky said in a statement.

In Israel, we understand what a free Iran could mean for the region — the possibility of peace, and the end of a regime that has posed a threat to Israel for decades.

The US sent around 6,000 terminals to Iran in an unprecedented, direct attempt to deliver internet freedom to regime-stifled protestors, according to officials cited by the outlet.