Iran’s uprising isn’t just “another round of protests,” and this episode explains why the world is either willfully blind or actively complicit. Emily Schrader lays out how the Islamic Republic is allegedly using internet blackouts, hospital intimidation, mass arrests and information warfare to crush a nationwide revolt, while Western media and activist culture fixate elsewhere and recycle regime-friendly framing. You’ll come away with a sharper lens for spotting propaganda patterns (who gets believed, who gets erased and why), understanding why chants for Reza Pahlavi matter strategically and what specific moves the U.S. and Europe can make that actually change the regime’s cost-benefit math.