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Why are anti-war protests in the West muted on Iran? | Al Jazeera

17 April 2026

Source: Al Jazeera | 17 April 2026

[...]According to Armed Conflict Location and Event Data, a US-based nonprofit organisation that tracks violent events, armed conflict and protests, there were around 3,200 Iran war-related demonstrations worldwide in the first month since the US-Israeli attacks began on February 28.

By contrast, 3,700 demonstrations were in the first month after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and as many as 6,100 demonstrations in the first month against Israel’s war on Gaza.[...]

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