I was born in Iran months before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. I grew up under the ayatollahs. I converted to Christianity, distributed Bibles, shared the Gospel, was arrested, interrogated repeatedly, and sentenced to death by hanging for the “crime” they call apostasy: becoming a Christian. I spent 259 days in Evin Prison. I know what this regime does to human bodies and to truth. I also know my people.

That is why it is so painful to watch respected voices in the West — commentators, newsrooms, human-rights platforms, and international organizations — keep presenting Masih Alinejad as if she were a legitimate representative of Iranians. She is not. Millions of Iranians have been saying so, loudly and with growing desperation. They are being ignored.

I respect Mark Levin (@marklevinshow) tremendously. But after he amplified her recently, Iranians flooded his post with comments in anger, bewilderment, and grief. They said – pleaded — what so many others have been saying for years. Let me share just a few excerpts in their voices, with which it’s hard not to agree with every word. “The person you are promoting on your page does not have the support of the Iranian people. Be careful not to lose your credibility and support among the people of Iran. Talk about Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. He is the true voice of the Iranian people. The people of Iran love him... Be his voice. He is the voice of the Iranian people.”

That is not a fringe comment. That is the consistent cry of a nation that has already rejected both the hardliners and the so-called reformists. Iranians have a slogan for this: “Reformists, hardliners, the game is over.” They do not want a prettier version of the same Islamic Republic. They want it gone.

Alinejad is widely seen among Iranians as part of the second camp — the exported “opposition” that keeps the system alive by selling the West a story of gradual change. Her real name is Masoumeh. Her brand “Masih” is a Western stage name. Iranians who know her record do not treat her as a heroine of “Woman, Life, Freedom.” They treat her as a professional mouthpiece for the regime that has oppressed them for half a century.

“Please don't promote this s***! #MasihAlinezad_Blood_Dealer”

That hashtag exists because families of the dead believe she has built a career, her platform, and a lifestyle on their blood. Another Iranian, writing as a family member of victims of the January massacre,........

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