12/05/2026
People often speak about Iran only through politics, headlines and geopolitics. But rarely do they speak about the psychological impact this has had on millions of human beings.
A population living under decades of oppression, fear, ex*****ons, censorship and violence is already carrying deep collective trauma. But when that suffering is continuously met with global silence, ignorance, racism, dehumanisation or political dismissal, the psychological damage deepens even further.
The past months have not only traumatised Iranians through what has happened inside Iran, but also through the experience of watching much of the world look away while ex*****ons, torture and repression continue behind blackout conditions.
And for many Iranians, seeing their pain minimised, politicised or spoken over online has created another layer of emotional exhaustion and isolation on top of the trauma they already carry.
There is a psychological weight and a human cost of forcing a nation to suffer in darkness while demanding it constantly prove its humanity to the world.
