The article critiques the West’s selective attention towards global protests, highlighting the stark contrast between the extensive media coverage of unrest in Iran and the silence surrounding the systematic repression in Pakistan. Despite a significant, nonviolent protest movement in Pakistan, which saw the jailing of popular leader Imran Khan and widespread violence, the West prefers to overlook it due to Pakistan’s geopolitical utility. In contrast, Iran’s defiance against Western interests draws moral outrage and interventionist rhetoric. This disparity underscores a troubling double standard: the West responds to aesthetics and compliance rather than genuine principles of justice and democracy.
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