Brett Cooper

They are living under an almost complete blackout because their government has cut them off once again.

Now, we do not know exactly what is happening on the streets of Tehran.

We do not know how many protesters have been arrested.

We don't know the real death toll.

But what we do know is that Iran's youth is not backing down.

I mean, this is not their first fight.

And now Trump is deciding how and if America is going to get involved.

Now, before we get into anything in the story and what is happening in Iran, I just want to take a second to say just how lucky we are.

Like, I hope everyone appreciates that, that we live in a country that, at least at this point, does not cut off internet access, that still has freedom of speech, that I'm allowed to sit here behind a microphone and criticize our government if I want to, that we can vote, actually, for our elected officials.

because millions around the world do not have that privilege.

Because right now, as we are sitting in the comfort of our own homes, as I am sitting behind this microphone with my telephone streaming to you guys, Iranians are fighting for basic human rights under a real, a genuine fascist religious extremist government.

Not the kind the left complains about, but a real fascist regime.

and they are taking to the streets to fight for a better future.

And allegedly, based on the few videos that we have been able to see that have made their way out of Iran, again, they are living under a blackout, these are what the streets have looked like for days.

Now, Iranians have been in and out of blackouts for weeks now, and information is limited, but human rights organizations have reported

reported the death toll to now be in the tens of thousands.

And that number has spiked just in the last 48 hours because I started looking into this and prepping this episode earlier this week on Monday when reports were saying that only a few hundred had been killed.

And then today when I sat down to record this episode, it looks like now it is estimated to be at 12,000.

Now, first of all, I want to give my usual disclaimer, per usual, that I am not claiming to be any kind of expert on Iranian, you know, geopolitics, but I did learn a lot about the history as I was researching this episode.

It was things that I did not know that maybe you also didn't know.