An Iranian woman is drawing attention to what she describes as selective outrage from Western progressive activists, arguing that left-leaning movements have remained largely silent about the situation inside Iran while voicing strong support for other causes in the region.
In a public statement, the woman criticized what she called a refusal to acknowledge the conditions under Iran’s ruling regime.
“Hello, Iranian here. They keep asking the same question, why are lefties? Why are the loudest pro Gaza voices completely silent when it comes to Iran? Well, the answer is simple, because the truth exposes the lie.”
She argued that recognizing Iran’s internal conditions would challenge prevailing narratives.
“Because acknowledging Iran would chatter the ideological fantasy that they built, let’s be clear, Islamic Republic of Iran is not a victim of Western imperialism. It is a theocratic authoritarian regime that survives by exporting violence, funding Islamism and crushing its own people.”
According to her remarks, the regime directs resources toward militant groups abroad while citizens face economic and social hardship at home.
“And yes, it funds Hamas, it funds Hezbollah, it funds all the legal proxies around the region and around the world with Iranian people’s money, not the government money, not the regime money, stolen money, stolen money taken from the worker who cannot afford bread in Iran right now, families crushed by inflation, taken from women who are beaten, jailed, tortured, raped for refusing religious obedience.”
She contended that some activists focus on issues that align with their political messaging while ignoring what she describes as repression within Iran.
“And this is why lefties are silent, because Hamas fits their narrative, but Iranian people don’t, because Islamist violence against Israelis can be reframed as a resistance, but Islamist violence against Iranian exposes the truth.”
The woman also referenced an ongoing communications blackout in Iran.
“Right now as you’re watching this Iran, a country of 90 more than 92 million people, is being erased in real time, near total. Black Hat for more than 24 hours, no internet, no call services, no connectivity whatsoever, and yet silence no emergency protests on Western campuses, no hashtags, no solidarity statements, no megaphones, no tears, because Iranian suffering does not fit their agenda.”
She argued that the absence of widespread demonstrations or online campaigns reflects ideological priorities rather than universal human rights concerns.
“Because leftist movements today are not driven by human rights, they are driven by selective outrage and ideological loyalty. They will scream about censorship unless it’s done by an Islamist regime. They will condemn the state violence unless it’s trapped in religious language, they will chant Free Palestine, but they will never say free Iran, because that will require admitting something unforgivable, that political Islam is not liberation, it is domination, and that is exactly what’s been happening in the West, by the way, that the Islamic Republic is not anti imperialist. It is Imperial toward its own people that Hamas is not some isolated resistance group. It is part of a broader Islamist ecosystem that is funded, trained and sustained by the regimes like Islamic republic in Iran.”
In her statement, she also criticized what she described as a failure to condemn internal crackdowns.
“And here’s the part that they do not want to hear. You cannot claim moral superiority while excusing a regime that kills and murders women for refusing hijab, executes protesters, cuts off the whole nation of 92 million people from the internet and uses foreign proxies as a distraction from its internal collapse.”
She added that ignoring abuses inside Iran while advocating for other populations undermines claims of solidarity.
“You cannot pretend to care about Palestinians while ignoring Iranians being shot, tortured and murdered by the Islamic Republic in Iran. That is not solidarity. It is ideological blindness.”
The woman emphasized that Iranians themselves are not remaining quiet voluntarily.
“Iranian people are not silent. They are being silenced, and the silence from the Western left. Well, that’s a choice, a choice to protect an ideology, a choice to excuse Islamism, a choice to look away when millions of people are suffering because they’re suffering. Iranian people suffering complicates a slogan.”
She concluded her remarks by asserting that the current moment will be remembered.
“History will remember this moment. It will remember who spoke for universal freedom and who decided that that some lies matter less than preserving a narrative Long live Iran.”
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