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Why Western Streets Go Silent for Iran

Last night in Queens, demonstrators shouted “We Support Hamas Here” as Iranians fought for freedom; the same worldview that justified October 7 has little room for an Iranian revolt for liberty

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Nadav Eyal
Jan 09, 2026
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Can you hear those thousands of voices, shouting in the streets and on campuses, ‘from the Gulf to the sea: Persia will be free’?

The marches of impressive solidarity with a people striving for liberty?

The dense, widespread intellectual enlightenment in support of the struggle against dictatorship, for human rights in Iran?

What about the voices of demons…

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