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1:29:53Now PlayingThe Islamic Republic regime in Iran is cynically exploiting the recent surge of student-led, pro-Palestinian protests and sit-ins across the United States and other Western countries in a blatant attempt to bolster its crumbling international reputation. While 150 members of Iran's parliament voiced support for the American student movement, and universities like Shiraz University offered to host expelled protesters, this rings entirely hollow given the regime's brutal crackdown on domestic dissent. Iran International noted that "Khamenei may be the worst-placed leader to address the issue" after he took to X to proclaim "In Western countries...people are coming out in huge numbers to chant slogans against Israel and America. US and Israel's reputation has been ruined." This hollow grandstanding ignores the regime's vicious suppression of free speech within Iran's borders. As pro-Palestinian rallies raged in the West, the Iranian state media co-opted protest slogans and imagery in a propagandistic attempt to falsely depict support for the movement. However, many Iranians called out this "astounding hypocrisy" of a regime that imprisons its own students and academics for expressing dissent, while praising their American counterparts.
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