#BBC News just labeled the Iranian regime’s 22 Bahman (Feb 11) rally a “family festival.”
Let that sink in.
22 Bahman is not a celebration. It marks the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution — the moment that ended freedom in Iran and ushered in decades of repression, executions, censorship, and state violence. For the regime, it is a carefully staged display of loyalty; for millions of Iranians, it symbolizes the loss of their country.
Framing this day as a “family festival” normalizes an authoritarian regime while conveniently ignoring the recent massacre of tens of thousands of protesters whose only crime was demanding basic rights and freedom. This isn’t neutral journalism — it’s propaganda laundering.
It’s misleading.
It’s deeply insensitive.
And it legitimizes state violence and mass murder.
Worse, it mocks the very struggle Western values claim to be built on: the fight for freedom, dignity, and human life. If freedom matters — and it does — this kind of coverage must be called out.
People deserve truth, not sanitized narratives that protect power and erase victims.
#AyatollahBBC
#nostr
Let that sink in.
22 Bahman is not a celebration. It marks the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution — the moment that ended freedom in Iran and ushered in decades of repression, executions, censorship, and state violence. For the regime, it is a carefully staged display of loyalty; for millions of Iranians, it symbolizes the loss of their country.
Framing this day as a “family festival” normalizes an authoritarian regime while conveniently ignoring the recent massacre of tens of thousands of protesters whose only crime was demanding basic rights and freedom. This isn’t neutral journalism — it’s propaganda laundering.
It’s misleading.
It’s deeply insensitive.
And it legitimizes state violence and mass murder.
Worse, it mocks the very struggle Western values claim to be built on: the fight for freedom, dignity, and human life. If freedom matters — and it does — this kind of coverage must be called out.
People deserve truth, not sanitized narratives that protect power and erase victims.
#AyatollahBBC
#nostr
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