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UPDATE: 08:30 PM CET
Iran’s Real War Is Not with the West – It Is Against Its Own People
When Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared on December 27 that his regime is engaged in a “full-fledged war” against the United States, Europe and Israel, he was not merely indulging in rhetorical hyperbole, he was engaging in calculated deception. The Islamic Republic is indeed at war, but not with foreign powers. Its real, relentless and increasingly brutal war is being waged against the Iranian people themselves.
Speaking in an interview published on the website of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Pezeshkian claimed that the current confrontation with the West is “worse than the Iran-Iraq war.” That eight-year conflict, launched by Saddam Hussein’s invasion in 1980, cost over a million lives and scarred an entire generation. To invoke it now is a cynical attempt to summon nationalist fervor, silence dissent and justify repression at home.
But unlike the Iran-Iraq war, today’s crisis was not imposed on Iran by an invading army. It is the direct consequence of four decades of ideological extremism, regional aggression, nuclear deception and contempt for international law. And the primary victims are not Western governments or Israeli generals, they are Iranian citizens, workers, women, students and minorities, who are being crushed under a jackboot of fear.
UPDATE: 07:30 AM CET
Iran Protests Expand: Bazaar And Universities Unite Against Regime on Third Day
On Tuesday, December 30, 2025, the uprising in Iran entered a critical new phase. For the third consecutive day, the historic Grand Bazaar of Tehran remained shuttered, a strike that has now catalyzed a nationwide movement merging the traditional economic power of the merchants with the youthful energy of university students. What began as an outcry against a collapsing economy has swiftly metamorphosed into a political revolution targeting the entirety of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s regime. The protests, sparked by the plummeting value of the national currency and soaring inflation, have spread from the capital to major cities including Kermanshah, Shiraz, Isfahan, and Rasht. As the Iranian rial fell to a historic low of roughly 1.45 million against the US dollar, the chants on the streets shifted from economic grievances to calls for the overthrow of the theocratic dictatorship.
Khamenei’s False Moral Posturing and the Reality of a Brutal Order in Iran
As Iran regime’s supreme leader speaks of justice and global injustice, the country he rules sinks deeper into repression, poverty, and state violence. Ali Khamenei’s latest message to Islamic student associations once again lays bare the chasm between the lived reality of Iranian society and the rhetoric emanating from the apex of power. Published by the regime-affiliated Tasnim news agency on December 27, the statement is less a reflection on justice than an exercise in political self-absolution by a figure whose rule is inseparable from repression, executions, and mass impoverishment. Tasnim quotes Khamenei as claiming that the turmoil facing “corrupt bullies” stems from Iran’s resistance to an unjust global order. In this framing, the supreme leader casts himself as a victim and a moral challenger to injustice. Yet for Iranian society, Khamenei is not a symbol of resistance but the embodiment of coercion and systematic violence. His attempt to occupy the moral high ground collapses under the weight of daily realities inside the country.
Protests Erupt Across Iran as Merchants Shut Down, Public Fights Police
Protesters clashed with security forces Monday in Tehran and Mashhad, Iran, as protests shut down major commercial hubs across the country.
Demonstrators marched along Jomhouri Street in Tehran before spreading into areas the vicinity, according to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an opposition group. The crowds moved into Naser Khosrow street and Istanbul Crossroads. Tehran-based merchants closed their shops amid the unrest, the organization reported. Merchants launched nationwide strikes and protests, closing down commercial centers like Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, according to Fox News.
Anti-Iran Regime Protests Grow Across Country as Trump Admin Boosts Demonstrators Offering Support
Protests spread across Iran on Tuesday after President Donald Trump and other administration officials voiced support for demonstrators. Speaking Monday, Trump pointed to Iran’s economic collapse and long-standing public discontent while stopping short of calling for regime change.
Inside Iran, demonstrations entered a third consecutive day, expanding beyond the capital’s commercial center. The exiled opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reported widespread strikes and student protests across Tehran and multiple provincial cities, describing clashes with security forces and anti-government chants. A video obtained by the NCRI appears to show protesters pushing back security forces, forcing them to leave the scene on Tehran’s Jomhouri Street.