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)?

The Guardian is robustly leftist imo.

Also given the country's media blackout, lack of comms and the strain on NGOs, it's so difficult to verify everything coming out of the country. Thats not even mentioning the state control over local news outlets.

That's why responsible msn dont immediately cover some news - because it's not properly sourced.

When you see information on social media, just know there are many journalists (sometimes local journalists who are risking their lives) to stand up the facts.

This can't be an explanation for why we saw so little coverage of the Iranian protests initially though, because legacy media organisations covered Gaza and gave airtime to Hamas claims they couldn't possibly verify.

Different situation. You can't compare the two like for like. Hamas was/is the govt of Gaza. Everything was reported as unverified claims. But a head of state making claims is inherently newsworthy and gives the "other side" a chance to retort. That is simplifying things though and nothing is simple.

The protests are inherently newsworthy, and as was pointed out upthread, there are absolutely diaspora experts who could speak freely, give views on verification and be invited to broadcast or write.

What are you on about? It’s been on the papers and in the news. You seem to be trying to push a weird agenda

That just isn’t true- it has been in the news for many days

It’s being covered but it’s certainly not headline news and it absolutely should be. If (or rather ‘when’) the current regime Iran is overturned, it’ll be incredible and will likely see the end of several wars. The cash flow to Hamas will dry up for starters!

While MSM is now reporting the situation in Iran it has taken them days before doing so. OP has no 'weird agenda' I'm sure.

I've been following the situation on Substrack and X for a week already before MSM woke up and until Thursday this week it wasn't headline news thanks first to Venezuela and then to ICE. Iran is surely a much bigger story than the ICE one.

A stated aim of many religions is to convert everyone, I really think that your post is ignorant too. You are cherry picking things to say, without understanding.

It isn't anymore, I don't think. It has said itself that it is now funded by specific interest groups.

And they were covered by msm but not as prominently as pp would like.

Yes, many religions want to convert the world but only a very small handful want to do it by force.

And they are getting news. They might be more important to you than the ICE story but for the vast majority of people, the threat to democracy in the US is going to be more relevant.

All these news stories on news websites work on algorithms now. So it is very clear what is more relevant to most people. It’s not always “the most important thing”. Sometimes human interest stories like the beckams will get a higher interest level than international news that could change how the world works.

It is very difficult to convert to Judaism, and the reason it is considered a race as well as a religion is because it largely relies on Matrilinial descent, so you are Jewish if you have a Jewish mother. Most converts are married to Jewish men so the children are still genetically racially Jewish even if they dont have any knowledge of Judaism. It comes up on DNA tests as a result, unlike Christianity or Islam.

When you say Islam has used the sword too often, are you talking about recent history or the middle ages?

Because recent violence has come from extremists, not Islam. Islam speaks a lot about peace and not fighting.
Also when you said that Pahlavi's father was awful, what specifically are you referring to?
Sorry, just not sure what you are saying.

Right now Pahlavi is backed by interest groups who want to bring Iran more under US control it seems such as Lindsey Graham.

You are right about DNA tests, but reform synagogues allow conversion to Judaism (others may too, I just know about reform as someone I know is doing it)

In the middle ages there were wars between Christians and Muslims - is that what you mean?

Islam today isn't forcing people to be Muslim is it? Violence is coming from extremist groups. So the equivalent of white supremacy groups on the other side, so to speak.

Or were you thinking of something else?

I wonder if it’s even “many” tbh. Christianity possibly (and Islam), but which other religions actively seek to convert?

Exactly. OP’s initial post is from
two days ago, reporting has definitely increased in those two days.

Buddhism. I think there are other minor sect religions which seek to convert.

They are getting news now, yes. I said very early in the thread, so possibly been missed, that the OPs AIBU should instead have been why it took so long to pick up, why there was very little over New Year (before Maduro and the ICE shooting). There's discussion on social media from those dates about why it wasn't happening.

I agree with @carershar, surely an end to the current regime in Iran will likely also be the end of cash flow to groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.
I think the possible impact of that is not less relevant than what’s happening in the States.

Do you actually watch main stream news?
Its on BBC Sky and Chanel 4 news stations

Eventually, and that in itself is even more proof that it isn't about the media blackouts in Iran.