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Iranian Students Protest as Universities Reopen

Did Iran's regime orchestrate disinformation to justify massacres or did U.S. economic warfare deliberately spark the unrest?
Iranian Students Protest as Universities Reopen
Above: Iranians wait at a bus station in northern Tehran on Feb. 23.  Image credit: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

Iran's regime has orchestrated a sophisticated disinformation campaign to justify massacring thousands of peaceful protesters by falsely blaming the CIA and Mossad for the uprising. The Islamic Republic deployed state media, bot networks and foreign influencers across the political spectrum to whitewash its bloodiest crackdown in modern history, successfully muddying international response while security forces gunned down unarmed civilians from rooftops.

Establishment-critical narrative

The U.S. Treasury Secretary openly admitted creating the economic conditions that have sparked unrest in Iran, confirming American interference in destabilizing the country. Trump's clown show administration is pushing toward another Middle East war with unrealistic demands that Iran disarm, repeating the same failed playbook from Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya while Congress and the public oppose military intervention.

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The Controversies



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Establishment split

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