Protests against US strikes in Iran support a brutal regime, not the people says attorney Elica Le Bon

Sky News AU

24-06-2025

Protesters waving the Islamic Republic of Iran flag in protest against US strikes are actually supporting a brutal Iranian regime and not the country's people, attorney and activist Elica Le Bon has claimed.
The US became directly involved in the Middle East crisis on Sunday when B2 Bombers targeted Iran's critical nuclear targets sites in a desperate bid to prevent the regime from obtaining nuclear weapons.
However, protests against the US strikes have sprouted across the West, including in Sydney where crowds gathered and waved flags used by the Iranian regime's leadership.
Pointing to similar rallies, Le Bon said Iranians themselves were not represented, as the vast majority of Iranian people are against the country's regime and want it dismantled.
'Not a single person in that crowd, not one of them is Iranian,' Le Bon told Sky News host Chris Kenny on Tuesday.
'If you want to know where all the Iranians are that are absent in the 'hands off the Islamic Republic protests', they're all at the 'free Iran from the Islamic Republic' protests.'
The attorney labelled it 'bizarre' that people who claimed to support human rights are supporting the brutal Iranian regime in the face of strikes.
'Not a single human rights activist, not a single humanitarian, not a single social justice warrior, is at the protest where we're saying 'hands off the Iranian people',' Le Bon said.
'They're all at the protests that says 'hands off the Islamic Republic'. What is happening?'