To wonder why the mainstream media is not reporting the massive anti-regime protests in Iran?

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There are currently massive anti-Islamic regime protests all over Iran by civilians, many of them chanting for the return of the Shah.

These protestors are incredibly brave, many of them have been killed, shot or taken away by the regime police.

The protests, some of them hundreds of thousands strong, all over Iran have been widely reported and documented by exiled Iranians on places like Twitter/X but the mainstream news has been strangely silent, especially the BBC that would normally have non-stop, headline reporting if this was about happening anywhere else.

AIBU to hope the regime falls and that the Iranians finally taste freedom after 47 years (and that the BBC should be reporting on this)?

@loberoncolours my cousin was at the demo last Saturday at the Iranian Embassy and said there were two definite groups - one pro Pahlavi and the other against even though they both want the overthrow of the current regime.

It is now but it wasn't last weekend when it was already in full swing and there was a demo outside the Iranian Embassy.

The Iranian people are far from stupid. HTH

Thanks. I know many. HTH.

And yet you posted 'are the Iranian people really so stupid... '

I have to love the assumption on these kinds of threads. Lived in the Middle East for over 45 years. English is not my first language. However, you arm chair bashers keep going.

A stated aim of Islam is to impose the religion on the whole world. I attended a Muslim school in a Muslim country and lived under an Islamic theocracy. It is not a way of life that any thinking woman should be ambivalent about.

Would you be comfortable taking responsibility for men’s uncontrolled sexuality by covering yourself from top to bottom? Are you happy to believe that sometimes rape is acceptable?

We should be cheering from the rooftops at the incredible bravery of those Iranian woman.

In the west, many believe because it is a religion that there is an implicit kindness and decency and love and tolerance. It genuinely terrifies me.

OP, the mass protests in Iran were covered on the BBC news repeatedly this morning.

What do you mean?

The Guardian had reported loads over the last day.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/09/iran-supreme-leader-harsher-crackdown-protest-movement-swells&ved=2ahUKEwjoo8Opxf-RAxUzUUEAHRzpL7QQ0PADKAB6BAglEAE&usg=AOvVaw3LJvd2hIRAEDSWlzACNsOU

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2026/jan/09/in-isolation-well-never-flourish-what-iranians-think-about-the-protests-and-an-end-to-the-islamic-republic&ved=2ahUKEwj_hZC_xf-RAxXuQEEAHRvrFbcQ0PADKAB6BAggEAE&usg=AOvVaw3D7YLIGnY22tpuAOFI6MO5

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/07/they-are-killing-us-authorities-use-force-against-protesters-in-kurdish-regions-of-iran

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/09/the-guardian-view-on-irans-protests-old-tactics-of-repression-face-new-pressures

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/jan/09/iran-hit-by-internet-blackout-as-protests-over-economic-conditions-continue

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/jan/09/iran-protests-brutal-crackdown-as-uprising-builds-the-latest

OP, the mass protests in Iran were covered on the BBC news repeatedly this morning.

I am really sorry you had to live under such a terrible regime. I agree a large amount of Westerners, including women, are exteemy naive about fundamentalist Muslim regimes.

May I ask one thing : my understanding was that the Quran asks women to cover their 'bosoms' and possibly hair, but nothing like extreme abayas/chadors/niqabs as are imposed by fundamentalists today. Is that true?

Yes, there should be more but it's stupid to say they've ignored it. The Guardian had covered it extensively, as I've linked above.

Maybe...they have covered it at least, contrary to what OP seemed to think.
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I know the Shah of the 70s was awful but his son may not be so bad?

Judaism has the idea that converts must have been born with a Jewish soul, and conversion just reveals that.

The difference is that Islam has usually assumed everyone must follow Islam completely to be saved, and unfortunately has used the sword too often to impose this. Hopefully the fall of Khomeini will help to end these destructive types of Muslim regimes.

Yes, the Gaza regime wanted to put news out, unlike the Iranian one. Whether it was true is another matter...

There Haa been BBC coverage though. I agree footage inside & diaspora should be used. The Guardian has been much better at that

I believe a democracy would be better for the Iranian people than a theocracy. However, that’s just my point of view.

Good point.

I was taught ‘hair,’ but to be honest it’s splitting them.

To me, the frightening thing is the received wisdom that men’s sexual impulses are the responsibility of pubescent girls onward.

I cannot fathom why western feminists aren’t lauding en masse their Iranian sisters. Well, actually I can and it is a disgrace.

I have heard several reports on the Beeb. It's not correct to say they aren't reporting. Ive also read reports in Times, Telegraph FT and Guardian. There are a lot of social media posts claiming that MSM isn't reporting but they are incorrect.

I am so sorry you feel this way. You are right, we should stand up for women. I will always try to.

Sky have reported it. I think the BBC as well.

It is disgusting people are ignoring it, esp 'feminists'. The Guardian has had some good coverage so left wing media is entirely not ignoring women rebelling against misogyny. The BBC is a different matter..

May I ask if you grew up under a Salafi/Wahhabi regime? I understand totally if you'd rather not give more detail.

No. How can it be a race? It's a religion. One of the hassles I have with Islam is the idea that we are all born Muslims and some of us have deviated and need to be pulled back into the faith i.e. the destruction of any religion except Islam. (It's not my greatest hassle, that's that the founder was an unrepentant rapist.)