I sat down with journalist Negar Mojtahedi for a eye-opening conversation about Iran. Her family fled during the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and she’s spent nearly two decades in Canadian media before joining Iran International. We explored the massive disconnect between the Iranian people—educated, modern, and forward-looking—and the brutal Islamic Republic regime that oppresses them with gender apartheid, public executions, and mass killings. Negar detailed the horrifying January 8-9 massacre (estimates of 36,000–100,000 dead) when peaceful protests across all 31 provinces were met with military-grade weapons and hospital executions. We discussed the ongoing Strait of Hormuz crisis, the regime’s tactics, its sophisticated propaganda machine, and how Canada’s government bent its own rules to let an IRGC-linked soccer official in. The takeaway was clear: the people of Iran are the biggest victims, and in Negar’s opinion real long-term stability requires confronting the regime with strength rather than endless dialogue.
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