Philipp Wahl

Nordrhein-Westfale. Musikliebhaber. Werder-Mitglied. Ex-Mixtape-Mixer. Redakteur WAZ Duisburg

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Mahsa Amini, 22, was beaten to death for showing her hair.

Nika Shakarami, 16, was tortured and murdered in the back of a car for protesting Mahsa Amini’s death, before her body was thrown off a roof.

Elaheh Hosseinnejad, 24, was raped and stabbed to death after opposing the regime on Instagram.

Mohammad Ghobadlou, 23, who suffered from a mental health condition, was hanged after being denied his medication and a fair trial.

The world already failed young Iranians in 2022. Don’t fail them again.

SPEAK UP FOR IRAN.

[Visioner @visionergeo]

🇮🇷 This is how an Iranian girl, a follower of Zoroastrianism, explains everything "on her fingers":

🔴"Hello, I am Iranian.
Everyone keeps asking the same question over and over: what's wrong with the leftists? Why are they so noisy, why do they support the Gaza Strip, but remain completely silent when it comes to Iran?

The answer is simple: because the truth exposes the lie. Because acknowledging Iran destroys the ideological fantasy they have built.

Let's be clear: the Islamic Republic of Iran is not a victim of Western imperialism. It is a theocratic authoritarian regime that exists by exporting violence, funding Islamist groups, and suppressing its own people.

Yes, it funds Hamas.
It funds Hezbollah.
All these small proxy groups in the region and worldwide are financed with Iranian money — not government or regime money, but stolen funds: money taken from workers who today in Iran cannot even afford bread; from families destroyed by inflation; from women who are beaten, imprisoned, tortured, and raped for refusing religious submission.

And that is exactly why the leftists are silent: because Hamas feeds their narrative, but the Iranian people do not.

Because Islamist violence against Israelis can be turned into "resistance," but Islamist violence against Iranians reveals the truth.

At this very moment, as you read this, Iran — a country with over 92 million people — is being destroyed in real time.
Almost a complete blackout for more than 24 hours: no internet, no phone connection, no communication at all.

And — silence.

No "urgent protests" at Western universities, no hashtags, no statements of solidarity, no megaphones.

Because the suffering of Iranians does not fit their agenda.
Because modern leftist movements are no longer driven by human rights — they are driven by selective outrage and ideological loyalty.
They will scream about censorship — unless it is done by an Islamist regime.
They will condemn state violence to the fullest — but will never say a word if that violence is wrapped in religious language.

They chant "Free Palestine," but will never say "Free Iran," because that would require one difficult admission: that political Islam is not liberation — it is domination. And, by the way, this is happening in the West today as well.

The Islamic Republic is not anti-imperialist;
it is imperialist toward its own people.
Hamas is not an isolated resistance group;
it is part of a broader Islamist ecosystem funded, trained, and supported by regimes like the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Here is the part they do not want to hear:
You cannot claim moral superiority while justifying a regime that kills women and punishes them for refusing the hijab, kills protesters, cuts off the internet for a 92-million-strong nation, and uses foreign proxy groups to cover up its own internal collapse.

You cannot pretend to care about Palestinians while ignoring Iranians who are being shot, tortured, and killed by the Islamic Republic.

This is not solidarity — this is ideological blindness.
The Iranian people are not silent — they are forced into silence.

The silence of Western leftists is their choice: a choice to defend ideology, justify Islamism, and turn a blind eye to the suffering of millions because the pain of the Iranian people complicates the slogan.

History will remember this moment.
It will remember who spoke about universal freedom and who decided that some lives are less important than preserving a narrative.
Long live Iran."

[Nazanin Nour @NazaninNour]

If the U.S. is serious about supporting Iranians, it should invest heavily in satellite and direct-to-cell connectivity to ensure the regime
can’t continue killing amidst a complete internet blackout.

@Starlink @Amazonleo @SpaceX @AST_SpaceMobile @Apple

[The Moderate Case @TheModerateCase]

If the media won't talk about Iran, good people will.

[Abhijit Majumder @abhijitmajumder]

Why has the global Left swallowed glue about #IranProtests?
A young Iranian 🇮🇷 woman bluntly and brilliantly explains the Left’s brazen dishonesty.

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Iranians deserve our voice.
FREE IRAN

[Natalie Amiri @NatalieAmiri]

Über Starlink mit Teheran Kontakt gehabt.. es sind Tausende auf den Straßen …

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Zelensky has thanked Trump, Congress, and the American people many times.

But let's be clear: when Trump and Vance said that THEY are trying to help Ukraine right now, and need to be thanked for the work personally, there are reasons to wonder. 1/ THREAD

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

No, Trump has destroyed America in the eyes of the world.

[Donald Tusk @donaldtusk]

Dear @ZelenskyyUa, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine. History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

I love my country with all my heart and I've never been more embarrassed for America than the spectacle I just witnessed in the Oval Office.
Zelensky is fighting for the survival of his country, his people and their democracy.
Trump and Vance appear to be completely aligned with Putin, the invader whose aim has been to conquer Ukraine.
Zelensky should know that millions and millions of Americans still stand with him and his valiant people.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Trump is too much of a coward to say a bad thing to Putin, yet he dares lecture Zelensky?

Russia is on the verge of collapse and Trump/Vance are desperate to save them

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

What just happened in the oval office was a planned ambush, designed to help a brutal Russian dictator and hurt America's security.

Trump has become Putin's lapdog, and America's global power is hemorrhaging as America sides with dictators over democracy. What an embarrassment.

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.

We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.

Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people.
Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.

Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

We are witnessing a very sad moment in American history.

The President of the United States is aligning himself with the dictator of Russia, Vladimir Putin, to undermine the independence of Ukraine and its democracy.

Here are my thoughts: