Democrats’ latest sacrificial pawns in their game of hypocrisy are Iran’s people. Democrats and the Left regularly use pawns to advance their policy pieces behind them. Even so, rarely are their moves so obvious. Or callous.

It’s not the first time that Iran’s people have been used or ignored by Democrats and the Left for their political purposes. Thousands upon thousands of Iranian protesters were not long ago slaughtered by Iran’s terrorist regime. Even Iran’s state media reports over 3,000 people were killed during the uprising earlier this year; however, U.N. reports range from 6,872 to over 20,000, while President Trump has said over 32,000.

There have been attempted uprisings of the Iranian people stretching back decades: 1999, 2009, 2017-2018, 2019-2020, 2022-2023, in addition to the latest. The 2022-2023 protests are notable because they came on the heels of the #MeToo movement in the U.S. and were triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini while in custody for failing to adhere to the Iranian regime’s strict dress code for women. The protests that followed claimed the lives of over 500 people, and over 22,000 people were detained.

There has also been the recent protest of the Iranian women’s soccer team. Refusing to sing Iran’s national anthem, Iran’s state media called them “wartime traitors.” Fearing for their safety, several have requested and received humanitarian visas to remain in Australia.

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