Some people used to call me the Persian Princess, and honestly, I wore that nickname with pride. Because, folks, that’s exactly where I come from. I grew up in Tehran—a city of contradictions, a place where ancient history collides with the harsh realities of a modern dictatorship.

Let me take you back for a moment. Imagine standing in a schoolyard as a little girl, forced to line up every morning and chant “Death to America.” Over and over, like a twisted ritual. The country of my birth, the place I was supposed to love, demanding I wish for the destruction of the country where I was actually born—America. Of course, I never really said the words. I just mouthed them silently, a tiny act of rebellion that felt huge to a child. That was my first taste of resistance.

But the oppression didn’t stop there. In Iran, even the youngest girls are forced to wear the hijab just to be allowed through the school gates. It’s not about faith; it’s about control. I wore it because I had no choice. And I saw, firsthand, what happened to those who dared to defy the rules. Family members, friends—arrested, beaten, some even killed. Having a photo of the Shah hidden in your house? That could be a death sentence. That was the Iran I knew. A country that, before the Islamic Revolution, was modern, free, and secular. Afterward, it became an Islamist hellhole, where women lost their rights overnight and became second-class citizens—where showing a lock of hair could get you arrested, or worse.

So, you’ll understand why I was stunned this week to hear the latest from Whoopi Goldberg on The View. According to Whoopi, women in Iran don’t have it all that bad. In fact, she suggested, it’s actually worse to be black or gay in America today. Yes, you heard that right. If you believed Whoopi’s spectacularly misguided rant, you’d think Iran was some kind of misunderstood utopia, while America is the true villain.

Let’s get one thing straight. In Iran, gay people are literally thrown off buildings. The regime doesn’t even pretend to respect basic human rights. But Whoopi? She wasn’t having it. “Let’s not do that,” she said, trying to draw a false equivalence between America’s past and Iran’s present. She brought up lynchings, hate crimes—horrific chapters in America’s history, no doubt. But to compare those dark moments to the systematic, state-sponsored brutality happening in Iran today? It’s not just wrong. It’s delusional.

Whoopi seemed to argue that America and Iran are basically the same when it comes to human rights abuses. Never mind the fact that 90 million Iranians are oppressed by a regime that targets women twice over—first for being women, then for daring to dream of freedom. Whoopi’s take? It’s all the same. That’s the modern left, folks: dumb, dishonest, and dangerously delusional.

Let’s be clear. Murdering someone because of who they are is evil, wherever it happens. But to pretend that living in America in 2025 is just as dangerous as living under the Iranian regime? It’s an insult to every woman risking her life for a taste of liberty in Tehran. In Whoopi’s warped logic, a black person committing a crime in America—where the justice system will prosecute the perpetrator—is somehow equivalent to the Iranian state executing you for being gay, or for daring to dissent.

Let’s talk about what really happens in Iran. The regime will hang you from a crane in the public square for so-called crimes: blasphemy, witchcraft, homosexuality, or simply speaking out against the government. That’s not a fever dream. That’s reality. Yet Whoopi seems to think that’s just another Tuesday in America.

It’s not just tone-deaf—it’s disgraceful. Whoopi’s comments show zero respect for the Iranian women who risk everything to challenge the Islamist regime. To minimize their struggle, to compare it to the imagined oppression of America in 2025, is a slap in the face.

And it’s not just Whoopi. It’s been sickening to watch so many leftist feminists twist themselves into knots, trying to avoid criticizing Iran. Just a few years ago, they claimed to stand with the women of Iran, cheering on the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising against the hijab laws. Now? The left would rather rage against Trump or Israel than confront the reality of a nuclear-armed Iran. The women of Iran have been forgotten—sacrificed on the altar of political convenience.

Back to The View. Whoopi’s tantrum was cheered on by her equally clueless audience. “There are places much darker than this country,” I wanted to shout at the screen. But Whoopi and her co-hosts just don’t get it. They talk about voting rights in America, as if that’s remotely comparable to the daily terror faced by Iranians. There are no free and fair elections in Iran. Women can’t even leave their homes without fear. Try explaining that to Whoopi. She won’t listen.

Joy Behar, never one to miss an opportunity for ignorance, chimed in. “Black folks in America have it as bad as people in Iran,” she said, with all the conviction of someone who’s never cracked a history book. Did you know Iranians can be arrested, tortured, and executed for peacefully protesting? Women who take off their hijab in protest can be killed. You can be sentenced to death for sodomy, homosexuality, adultery, political dissent, blasphemy, drinking alcohol, or even possessing pornography. Amnesty International reports that in 2024, Iran was responsible for 64% of all recorded executions worldwide.

It’s one thing to oppose war. It’s another to carry water for a brutal Islamist regime. That’s a new low for the modern left, but it’s part of a disturbing trend. Since October 7, the activist class has decided it’s fashionable to be anti-Semitic, to turn a blind eye to the crimes of Iran and its allies.

And then there’s the America First crowd—those who insist the U.S. should stay out of the Israel-Iran conflict. They argue America’s interests aren’t served by supporting Israel or confronting Iran’s nuclear ambitions. But that’s naïve. America will have to deal with the Iranian problem sooner or later. It’s in the country’s best interest to do so before Iran gets nuclear weapons. Donald Trump has been consistent on this point for a decade: Iran must never be allowed to develop nukes. He knows full well that if Iran gets the bomb, it won’t just be Israel in the crosshairs.

So, let’s cut through the noise. The reality is stark. In Iran, women are beaten, arrested, sometimes killed for showing their hair. Gay people are executed. Political dissidents disappear. The regime rules through fear and violence. Meanwhile, in America, people like Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar sit in air-conditioned studios, comparing their imagined grievances to real, state-sanctioned terror.

It’s not just dumb. It’s dishonest. And it’s dangerously delusional.

Maybe next time Whoopi wants to lecture America on oppression, she should spend a week in Tehran. Stand in a schoolyard, chanting for the death of a country you secretly love. Wear a hijab, not as a choice, but as a prison. Watch your friends and family disappear for daring to dream. Then, maybe, she’ll understand the difference between real oppression and the privilege of complaining about it on national television.

Until then, the women of Iran will keep fighting—braver than any panel on daytime TV, risking everything for a freedom most of us take for granted. And that’s the truth, no matter how much the modern left wants to deny it.