Iranians Burn Palestinian Flags in Protest Against Regime’s Terror Funding

TEHRAN, IRAN — In a shocking yet powerful display of frustration, Iranian citizens have taken to the streets to burn Palestinian flags, sending an unmistakable message to the Ayatollah’s regime: "Stop funding terrorism, start helping Iranians."

A video circulating across X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Telegram shows protesters igniting Palestinian flags while chanting slogans against Iran’s financial and military support for foreign terror groups. What was once considered unthinkable in a tightly controlled theocracy is now a raw expression of rage — not against a foreign enemy, but against their own leaders’ failed priorities.

A Nation Fed Up With Financing Foreign Wars
For decades, the Islamic Republic has poured billions of dollars into proxy groups across the Middle East — from Hezbollah in Lebanon to Hamas in Gaza — while ordinary Iranians endure crippling inflation, mass unemployment, and shortages of basic goods. Today, with the Iranian economy in freefall, the people have reached a breaking point.

“We have no medicine, no food security, no future,” one protester says in the video, his face blurred for safety. “But our money goes to terrorists in Syria and Palestine? Enough!”

What makes this moment even more striking is its target. While anti-regime protests in Iran are not new, rarely have they focused on the Palestinian cause — long hailed by the Islamic Republic as sacred. But that narrative is unraveling fast.

“This isn’t about Israel or Palestine anymore. This is about our government using us to fund its ideology. We want a country that cares about Iranians first,” another protester shouted before burning the flag.

Echoes of Trump-Era Warnings
This development validates what many in the United States — especially under the Trump administration — have long argued: Iran’s leadership prioritizes exporting terror over supporting its own people.

President Donald J. Trump, during both his first and second terms, consistently emphasized the dangers of the Iranian regime’s international aggression. From withdrawing from the flawed Iran Nuclear Deal to reimposing tough sanctions, Trump’s foreign policy sent a clear message: the United States will not tolerate state-sponsored terrorism.

Now, even Iranian citizens are echoing the same sentiment — not out of political alignment with Washington, but from lived reality.

“They lied to us for 45 years,” reads one poster shown in the video. “No more money for Gaza. We need food in Shiraz, jobs in Mashhad, and clean water in Ahvaz.”

Western Media’s Silence — Again
While the video is exploding across social media, mainstream Western outlets have largely ignored the story. CNN, MSNBC, and The New York Times — all quick to cover any protest in Gaza or anti-Israel demonstration in the West — have stayed conspicuously silent.

This is a pattern of selective coverage that conservative Americans have come to expect. When protesters burn Israeli flags or chant “Death to America,” it's headline news. But when oppressed citizens of a Muslim-majority country demand freedom from Islamist tyranny? Crickets.

It’s yet another reason why trust in mainstream media continues to erode, and why independent conservative platforms are more vital than ever.

The People.
Let’s be clear: these protests are not anti-Arab, anti-Muslim, or xenophobic. They are pro-Iranian, pro-freedom, and anti-regime. The people of Iran are no longer willing to be pawns in the ayatollahs’ geopolitical chess game.

They are demanding what every free nation should demand: that their leaders put their citizens first.

And as one protester poignantly said as he watched the Palestinian flag go up in flames:

“This fire isn’t against a people. It’s against a lie we’ve lived under too long.”