PJ Mediahttps://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2011/08/12/why-arent-there-millions-of-iranians-in-the-streets/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 10:45:31 -0400Why Aren't There Millions of Iranians in the Streets?<![CDATA[People keep asking me how come the Iranian people seem to be missing in action amidst the Middle Eastern insurrection. Fair enough. No matter that the whole process was kicked off, and inspired by, the massive demonstrations in the streets of Iran&#8217;s major cities following the electoral fraud of June, 2009. There is fighting in Libya, and there is slaughter in Syria, but so far as we can see from our newspapers and TV coverage, the only thing going on in Iran is continued repression by the regime and not much in the way of pushback from the people. If it is true, I am asked, that the overwhelming majority of Iranians hate the regime, why aren&#8217;t they doing more to bring it down?]]>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:22:51 -0400<![CDATA[Michael Ledeen]]>https://pjmedia.com/michael-ledeen/2011/08/12/why-arent-there-millions-of-iranians-in-the-streets-n187325