UK The Dangerous Delusions of Western Pro-Iran Protesters

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The Dangerous Delusions of Western Pro-Iran Protesters

 

There’s a clock in Tehran that literally counts down to Israel’s destruction. And now in Brighton, some British protesters were carrying posters of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, apparently blind to the implications.

 

Among the loudest voices in this troubling chorus are online activists rallying under hashtags like #IStandWithIran. But where were these keyboard revolutionaries when Iranians themselves were fighting for freedom? Were they standing with Iran during the 2009 Green Movement, when millions protested a fraudulent election, only to be met with brutal crackdowns and skyrocketing executions, many of them targeting juveniles and LGBTQ+ people?

 

Did they post in solidarity in 2019 during the deadly fuel protests? Or in 2022, after the morality police killed Mahsa Amini for the crime of letting her hair show in public, sparking a wave of protests under the rallying cry “Woman, Life, Freedom”? Many brave Iranians have died in pursuit of basic human dignity. The diaspora — educated, articulate, and painfully aware of the regime’s cruelty — will tell you exactly what kind of government rules Iran.

 

But ignorance, as always, remains bliss for some. Take India Willoughby, a British trans rights activist who wrote on X: “I could live in Iran. Better trans rights than the UK and US.” She went further, aligning with the Iranian regime by posting “#TeamIran,” a statement that caught the attention of JK Rowling, who responded acidly: “India, a fan of a woman-hating, gay-hating, authoritarian regime? Colour me astonished.” Rowling even offered to pay her fare to Tehran.

 

Willoughby — born Jonathan and known for her appearances on “Loose Women” and “Celebrity Big Brother” — insists: “I’m 100 per cent a biological woman and female. The fact the GC [gender-critical] movement can’t handle this simple fact isn’t my problem. Jealous.” Her sense of reality is, at best, elastic.

 

 

She may not know — or chooses not to know — that while Iran performs more gender reassignment surgeries than any country except Thailand, it is not out of compassion or acceptance. Trans people are treated as mentally ill, their identities deemed “curable” only through surgical correction. Homosexuality is still punishable by death, often through public hangings. Many trans people, once operated on, are shunned, marginalized, and driven into sex work. And gender nonconformity? Completely outlawed. In 2015, Iran even cracked down on tattoos and “homosexual hairstyles.”

 

This is a regime that censors the internet, jails dissidents, and exports chaos through proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas. It is a theocratic dictatorship that suppresses its own people while manipulating foreign sympathizers into becoming mouthpieces for its genocidal goals.

 

What’s most galling is that those who parrot Iranian propaganda while enjoying the freedoms of the West are committing a form of ideological colonialism. They export their moral relativism while importing a regime’s brutality — all while luxuriating in the rights they take for granted.

 

To claim moral superiority while waving posters of Khamenei is not radical — it’s repulsive. These protesters wouldn’t survive a day under the regime they cheer for. Their hatred is matched only by their ignorance. And that ignorance is deadly.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Telegraph  2025-06-27

 

 

[kevozman1]

Western Leftists are more than delusional. In an actual civilized society they would be paraded to the town square where poles, ropes and whips had been placed, and after an day's worth of action a more wholesome society could continue to operate.

[JonnyF]

Just as I predicted.

 

Lefties siding with Iran. 

 

They always pick the wrong side. 

[Social Media]

Please discuss the topic and do not try to deflect this to Gaza or anywhere else.

 

The Dangerous Delusions of Western Pro-Iran Protesters

[DarthChuckler]

1 hour ago, TedG said:

Do tell. 

They talk at length about nothing. Knowledge of history, world politics arexa waste of their time.

[newbee2022]

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

British trans rights activist who wrote on X: “I could live in Iran. Better trans rights than the UK and US.”

Shall we start a #gofundme to buy her/him a one way ticket ????😳

[TedG]

12 minutes ago, DarthChuckler said:

They talk at length about nothing. Knowledge of history, world politics arexa waste of their time.

If you are talking about the left, I agree. 

[TedG]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

Just as I predicted.

 

Lefties siding with Iran. 

 

They always pick the wrong side. 

They would side with Stalin and Pol Pot because Trump.  

[Tug]

13 minutes ago, TedG said:

They would side with Stalin and Pol Pot because Trump.  

I think this one’s about English nutters haven’t heard about any pro Iranian protesters here in the states.ahh but your boy trump seems to side with putin,granted he’s not Stalin actually I think he’s a bit more intelligent….be that as it may be hes definitely is out of the Stalinist mold ….and trumps up on his leg like a puppy…..just saying….???

[novacova]

5 minutes ago, Tug said:

I think this one’s about English nutters haven’t heard about any pro Iranian protesters here in the states.ahh but your boy trump seems to side with putin,granted he’s not Stalin actually I think he’s a bit more intelligent….be that as it may be hes definitely is out of the Stalinist mold ….and trumps up on his leg like a puppy…..just saying….???

Where do you pick up this nonsense from? Seriously.

[billd766]

16 minutes ago, novacova said:

Where do you pick up this nonsense from? Seriously.

obviously not the same place that you pick up your nonsense from.

[cdemundo]

This is related to Iran re: protesters who are anti western and supporting Iran's proxies.

I saw a video where anti-western protesters who were chanting "from the river to the sea" were asked, "What river? What sea?" and they did not know.

 

Youthful dopes. But many attending university, God help us.

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, DarthChuckler said:

They talk at length about nothing. Knowledge of history, world politics arexa waste of their time.

I’m not a fan of The Telegraph, but I think  that is a bit harsh.

[quake]

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. Homosexuality is still punishable by death, often through public hangings

 

People need to know this about Iran.

I'm still hopping the regime will be overthrown soon,  and the people freed.

 

 

[Tug]

47 minutes ago, novacova said:

Where do you pick up this nonsense from? Seriously.

Observation just watching how he interacts with Putin to a normal person it’s obvious he’s inthralled that’s not a good thing.

[happydreamer]

3 hours ago, DarthChuckler said:

They talk at length about nothing. Knowledge of history, world politics arexa waste of their time.

They do their own research 🤣🤣🤣

[ericbj]

"Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"

[Thingamabob]

Maybe Iran's supporters are thrill seekers who enjoy the idea of being stoned for adultery, or thrown off the top of buildings for same sex relationships.