The Left’s silence on Iran isn’t hypocrisy, it’s consistency

Published January 13, 2026 2:00pm ET



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When college students returned from winter break last week, they didn’t find a single encampment supporting the Iranian uprising against one of the world’s most brutal regimes. Not one keffiyeh-clad Hamas booster had a word to spare for thousands of unarmed protesters gunned down or arrested by the totalitarian state.

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