(NewsNation) — Five For Fighting singer John Ondrasik is questioning why pro-Hamas protesters have not been more vocal on the massacres committed by the Iranian regime.
While Iran remains under a nationwide internet blackout, reports from the country indicate that street protests, which rocked the country a week ago, have largely died down after a bloodbath at the hands of state security forces. Thousands of protesters were killed, and tens of thousands have been detained, according to human rights groups.
“The prime principle of the Free Palestine movement is that Israel is evil and an oppressor. America is evil and an oppressor. But when you have an actual oppressor, the mullahs of Iran, committing atrocities on true freedom fighters, it does not fit their narrative, and to acknowledge that would, I think, expose them as the frauds that they are,” Ondrasik told “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” on Friday.
President Trump is appearing to back off immediate action against Iran after promising antigovernment forces that “help is coming” earlier this week and cautioning the regime against killing protesters — warnings Iran’s leaders ignored.
While the White House says military strikes are still on the table, they do not appear imminent, with regional allies urging Trump to delay an attack.
“These people have been under oppression for 46 years, and to me, there’s no difference than the Afghan women that have been thrown into the Dark Ages since the withdrawal, the Ukrainians, our Jewish friends, who have been under siege since Oct. 7, and these freedom fighters in Iran. These are not political messages, these are moral messages,” Ondrasik said.