Real Protests Vs. Fake Protests |
Jeff Crouere ——Bio and Archives--January 12, 2026
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The protests in Iran have been building for weeks. Initially, the demonstrations were organized by merchants in December in response to a huge fall in the value of the Iranian Rial, their currency. Soon thereafter, the protests expanded to include students and workers and became a massive outpouring of citizens rejecting the country’s tyrannical Islamic regime.
This theocracy has been ruling Iran with an iron grip since the overthrow of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in 1979. Since then, Iran has become the largest benefactor for the world’s deadliest terrorist organizations, such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.
In response to the protests, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claimed that the government “would not back down.” This statement is not surprising as the radical Islamic leaders of Iran have brutally responded to previous protests.
In 2009, the “Green Movement” protests erupted in Iran with demands for democratic reforms. While the world watched, and then U.S. President Barack Obama did nothing, the protests were savagely suppressed by the Iranian government.
In this case, President Trump stressed the U.S. response will be different. On Saturday, Trump posted on social media, “Iran is looking at FREEDOM…like never before. The USA stands ready to help!!!”
On Friday, Trump issued a warning to the Iranian government, “that if they start killing people like they have in the past, we will get involved…hitting them very hard where it........