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Mark
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“Just a kid from Brooklyn”
You sound like those MAGA dullards who claim that all anti-government protesters are paid by George Soros.

Since 1979, the Iranian regime has murdered some 40,000 of its own citizens. But Western “anti-fascists” such as yourself prefer to act as useful idiots to spread the regime’s propaganda.
January 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Just look at Ireland, which has been very outspoken about human rights in Israel. Yet Ireland continues to expand trade agreements with China, despite calls from Irish human rights activists and the United Nations to sanction Beijing over its persecution and ethnic cleansing of Uyghur Muslims.
January 17, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I’ve worked on human rights issues for years, including at Amnesty International in London.

And, time and again, I’ve seen war crimes ignored when the perpetrators aren’t Western countries. It’s a shameful double-standard that eschews universal human rights in favor of selective human rights.
January 17, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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The Iranian government has just admitted to murdering thousands of protesters—and THIS is what makes Mehdi Hasan angry today?

A horrific humanitarian crisis is unfolding in real time, but if the U.S. and Israel aren’t involved, there’s no moral outrage.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Iran's supreme leader acknowledges thousands killed during recent protests - BBC News
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says some deaths were “inhuman” and “savage” but blames the US.
www.bbc.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The Iranian government has just admitted to murdering thousands of protesters—and THIS is what makes Mehdi Hasan angry today?

A horrific humanitarian crisis is unfolding in real time, but if the U.S. and Israel aren’t involved, there’s no moral outrage.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Iran's supreme leader acknowledges thousands killed during recent protests - BBC News
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says some deaths were “inhuman” and “savage” but blames the US.
www.bbc.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Mehdi Hasan, who has an estimated net worth of $5-$10 million dollars, is charging $50 a ticket to discuss the affordability crisis. 🤔
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
True! But the Islamic Revolution was more than a political backlash. It reflected a choice to eschew Western-inspired models for modernity (communism, pan-Arabism) in favor of something they viewed as uniquely Iranian. The clergy preached against “Westoxification” and how it was eroding society.
January 14, 2026 at 9:35 PM