Iran and the distorted accusation of ‘campism’ |
Protesters in the Punak district of Tehran, January 9, 2026. Photo courtesy VahidOnline/Telegram.
The following article is a response to “Iran and the death of politics” by Pierre Luc Junet, published in Canadian Dimension on January 29, 2026.
Donald Trump has deployed what he calls a “massive armada” to intimidate—or prepare for war against—Iran. Meanwhile, Iranian-Canadians who don’t toe the official line are being hounded. Still, some leftist media criticize the few who refuse to cheer a lawless state’s bid to weaken, and even balkanize, its main regional competitor.
During a recent episode of CBC’s Power & Politics, host David Cochrane apologized four times for previously interviewing Iranian Canadian Congress President Mona Ghassemi. The reason? In a live January 15 interview with Cochrane, Ghassemi had the temerity to mention that sanctions and foreign intervention contributed to the protests and violence in Iran. In his mea culpa, Cochrane never said the Iranian Canadian Congress’s claims regarding the effect of sanctions were false. He only said (5:22) that Ghassemi’s comments diverged from the narrative he sought to promote.
As the public broadcaster debased itself, proponents of destabilization and military intervention targeted Iranian‑Canadian professor Nassim Noroozi for challenging their narrative. Some media outlets, including The Guardian, have circulated claims of 30,000 deaths in Iran, a figure Noroozi called into question.
Activists have created a petition pressuring Concordia University to denounce Noroozi for posting, “This unverified number of ‘30,000 killed’ has been spread........