If you follow Iran through international media, you have likely noticed that the story is often forced into a narrow frame. Across news cycles, op-eds, and diaspora debates, two dominant hegemonic narratives keep reappearing. The first presents salvation as something imported: it portrays the Pahlavi brand, the United States, and Israel as the natural “rescuers” of the Iranian people. The second is the Islamic Republic’s narrative, which claims that public dissent is not an i

What Iran Protests 2026 Reveal About Media Power Today The recent unrest in Iran in December 2025 was not only a confrontation in the streets, but a contest over its meaning. Long before the first videos from inside the country could surface, parts of the Persian‑language media ecosystem had already imposed a ready‑made storyline onto the unfolding events, a narrative shaped from afar and projected onto a movement whose own voice had yet to be heard. The uprising itself began

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