Posted on 02/17/2026 2:12:38 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Western influencers are allegedly taking Iran-funded “influencer trips” to help sanitize one of the world’s most brutal regimes and this episode pulls back the curtain on the scandal in jaw-dropping detail. You’ll learn how Tehran may be paying foreign activists to spread propaganda, why this could violate US and UK sanctions law and how figures like Bushra Sheikh and Calla Walsh are being accused of shilling for the Islamic Republic while ignoring the suffering of Iranian women and dissidents. From massive global protests demanding regime change to explosive criticism of media silence and UN hypocrisy, host Emily Schrader explores the battle for truth, influence and freedom... and it leaves one question hanging: who in the West is helping Iran rewrite its image, and will anyone stop them?
CHAPTERS
00:00 – Iran’s influencer propaganda scandal exposed
03:10 – Tehran’s secret budget for foreign “image promotion”
06:25 – Bushra Sheikh’s hijab stunt sparks outrage
10:40 – Could UK sanctions laws have been broken?
14:30 – Calla Walsh and alleged IRGC-linked propaganda trips
18:50 – Why US sanctions enforcement may be coming
22:15 – Massive worldwide protests for regime change
27:40 – Trump’s shifting tone and military pressure on Iran
32:10 – VOA Farsi accused of silencing Iranian voices
38:20 – The Good, Bad & Ugly: extremism, antisemitism, and Rubio’s UN warning
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Car phones were the cell phones of the time. Had to be professionally installed, and they were bulky and clunky. Not only that, but you had to hang homosexuals and adulteresses from cranes, instead of throw them off buildings, because the skyscrapers weren’t even vacant back then.
We had a ‘bag phone’ in the early 80’s. One of those like the first video cameras that came in a backpack/purse like bag you carried.
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