09/30/2026
He**The Silence Is Deafening — And Selective**
In opposition to Trump's Iran war, the left has made a choice. It has chosen to stand in silent solidarity with the regime that sentenced Parastoo Ahmadi to 74 lashes.
Parastoo is 29. She sang a patriotic song on YouTube without a hijab. For that, an appeals court in Qom upheld: 74 lashes, two years banned from all artistic activity, two years banned from leaving Iran. Her bandmates received the same.
A woman faces being whipped for singing. And from the loudest voices who claim to speak for women, for Muslims, for the oppressed — silence.
Where is ? Silent.
Where is **Mayor ** of New York City? The DSA mayor who can tweet about every other injustice on earth — silent.
Where is ? The Squad member who built her entire political identity on speaking for Muslim women. A Muslim woman in Iran is about to be lashed for refusing compulsory hijab. Not a word.
Where is ? Silent.
Where is **Aisha Wahab**, the first Afghan-American state senator in California who campaigned on women's rights under Sharia law? Silent.
Where is **Lateefah Simon**? Silent.
Where is , one of the first Muslim congressmen in America? Silent.
Where is ? Silent.
Where is the **Hamtramck City Council in Michigan** — the first all-Muslim city council in America, celebrated by every progressive outlet as a historic milestone for representation? The council that governs an American city where women can sing freely — silent about a city in Iran where a woman will be whipped for it.
Where is **London's Mayor Sadiq Khan**? The first Muslim mayor of a Western capital, held up globally as the model of progressive Muslim leadership. He has time to comment on Trump, on Gaza, on climate. On a woman sentenced to 74 lashes for singing without a veil — silence.
And as noted:
**"Members of and DSA and DNC refused to comment because they could not understand the label woman"**
That is the perfect encapsulation. When the left cannot define what a woman is, it cannot defend a woman who is being punished for being a woman.
Parastoo Ahmadi said, "I am Parastoo, a girl who cannot stay silent and refuses to stop singing for the people she loves."
She will not be silent. But Ilhan Omar is silent. Rashida Tlaib is silent. Aisha Wahab is silent. Lateefah Simon is silent. André Carson is silent. Mayor Mamdani is silent. Hamtramck is silent. Sadiq Khan is silent. The DNC, the DSA, and the WNBA are silent.
Their silence is not an accident. It is a political choice. In order to oppose Trump, they will quietly stand with the mullahs — even if it means abandoning a 29-year-old woman to the lash.