Silence on Iran’s murder of its own people: more hypocrisy from anti-Israel protesters
It is reported that Iran has massacred 12,000 pro-freedom protesters in less than a fortnight: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/least-12-000-possibly-20-185320083.html Where is everyone who has been protesting Israel’s actions weekly over the past two years?
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa accused Israel of genocide three days after the Iranian-funded massacre of Israeli civilians on October 7, before Israel had even started its military response in Gaza. But needless to say it has said nothing about Iran’s murder of its own people. Peace Action Wellington continued to call for sanctions on Israel on its Facebook page on 14 January 2026, yet has not at the time of writing called for sanctions on Iran or said anything about the massacre.
I also have yet to see a single media outlet describe Iran’s actions towards its own people as a “genocide”, even though the total death toll in Iran now in the space of a fortnight comes to 20% of the total death toll in Gaza over a two year period including combatants (according to Hamas’ own figures).
The hypocrisy is limitless.
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