'US war on Iran not about the Iranian people: Europe can put the issue of human rights on the table'

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, President of Iran Human Rights and professor at the University of Oslo, argues that the Iranian regime has used international focus on regional conflicts to tighten its grip on domestic dissent. With a recent internet blackout lifted, he highlights the authorities' intensified repression against civilians amid wartime conditions. This underscores the broader issue that the US war on Iran isn't about human rights for the Iranian people, but rather geopolitical strategies that exploit their plight. It matters because it reveals the regime's manipulative tactics and the international community's need to address these human rights abuses directly.