{"id":190453,"date":"2026-07-04T19:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T19:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/190453\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T19:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T19:08:14","slug":"dont-be-fooled-by-tehrans-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/190453\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t be fooled by Tehran\u2019s propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran is the scene of a grand exercise in propaganda: of a grand exercise in propaganda: the funeral of a man<\/a> of profound evil. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed on Feb 28<\/a>, in a highly precise strike by Israel, the nation he spent his life promising to annihilate.<\/p>\n

That it has taken a full four months for his funeral to be held is indicative of the battering Iran has received at the hands of the Israelis and the US.<\/p>\n

The images of thousands of people streaming into major cities to mourn the dead ayatollah<\/a> will no doubt be used by the regime as evidence that it supposedly enjoys the loyalty of the vast majority of Iranians.<\/p>\n

But the world should not forget the 30,000 people estimated to have been killed<\/a> for daring to call for freedom at the start of the year. Tens of thousands are arrested annually, with civilians executed at a blistering rate.<\/p>\n

Cracks also seem to have appeared<\/a> in the ruling elite over the deal with Donald Trump, and the whereabouts of Mojtaba Khamenei<\/a>, the new supreme leader, remain unknown. The choice of a son of Ali Khamenei to lead the country was a stunning act of hypocrisy for a regime apparently built on opposition to hereditary rule.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Mr Trump declared one of the goals of the war was regime change<\/a> and that obviously has not been achieved. Instead, Mr Trump\u2019s ceasefire deal<\/a> has provided Tehran with a vital economic lifeline, and a proposed $300bn (\u00a3220bn) \u201creconstruction\u201d fund would only shore up the ayatollahs and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.<\/p>\n

Any more concessions to Iran\u2019s vile leadership would be disastrous, both for the West and oppressed Iranians.<\/p>\n

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