State-aligned outlets promote “national unity” and cosmetic reform to preserve the clerical regime — while the people and the Resistance prepare the decisive struggle for freedom.
The danger of false priorities
Despite a clear majority of Iranians having rejected the regime, a persistent campaign in the media sphere tries to redirect public energy from toppling the state toward “reforming” it from within. That narrative — cloaked in the language of “national unity” — is not neutral. It is a deliberate political strategy to preserve the regime by blunting the popular movement that has already matured through four nationwide uprisings.
What the regime means by “priority”
When state spokespeople speak of “priorities” and “national cohesion,” they mean one thing: keeping the regime intact. In his most recent remarks on October 3, 2025 the regime’s president Masoud Pezeshkian stated, “Our priority is the policy favored by the Leader.” Such declarations make clear that loyalties to the clerical hierarchy come before the people’s urgent demands for freedom, decent livelihoods, and social justice.
Regime-aligned parties and newspapers recycle the word “national” as a cover for maintaining the status quo. They talk vaguely about “people’s priorities” while stopping far short of promising the real priorities of the nation: liberty, basic living standards, and accountable governance.
The illusions pushed by regime media
State outlets keep repeating two myths:
- That political divisions are mere personality clashes or performative struggles — “a kabuki fight between reformists and hardliners” — rather than evidence of a collapsed and delegitimized governing system.
- That ordinary people remain open to being persuaded by the regime’s spokesmen, despite four revolts that have repudiated the entire political structure.
These myths serve a single purpose: to create confusion and disarm the movement for full regime change. By amplifying staged debates and superficial quarrels, regime media try to insert a buffer between the people and the clear leadership of the Resistance.
Why these tactics fail — and why the Resistance matters
The people of Iran have moved beyond factional politics. The slogans heard in recent retirees’ protests — “Reformist! Principalist! — You’ve dragged Iran backwards” — show that mass consciousness has shifted toward rejecting the entire clerical system. That political maturity is a national asset: a human and civic capital that strengthens the real struggle — the decisive confrontation between the majority and the regime.
The Resistance provides a principled roadmap for that confrontation: clear goals, organizational discipline, and a strategy that centers the sovereign will of the people, not the preservation of elite interests. The regime’s media campaign to substitute “armed kabuki” for genuine leadership should be seen for what it is: an attempt to turn a mass liberation movement into a media-managed spectacle.
A call for clarity and vigilance
Countering this tactic requires determined political education and media clarity. Citizens, independent outlets, and the Resistance must:
- Expose the false equivalence between staged factional fights and real political alternatives.
- Center discussions on the people’s real priorities: freedom, basic economic security, and an end to repression.
- Resist diversionary narratives that legitimize the regime’s survival under the guise of “national cohesion.”
- Strengthen channels that connect the movement’s leadership and the street so the strategic aims of liberation are not lost in noise and censorship.
Conclusion — from confusion to focused struggle
Regime media aim to keep the public trapped in a loop of confusion and false choices. But Iranian society has moved beyond those traps. The maturity of public political judgment and the organized Resistance together form the foundation for the decisive campaign to remove the clerical regime. The task ahead is to strip away the mask of “national unity,” expose the regime’s survival tactics, and concentrate all political energy on the main objective: freedom, dignity, and a just future for Iran.
