I want to ask people something, and I don't know if it will work, but it takes only 10 minutes.
I want you to contact a news agency and ask them to increase their news coverage of the protests and human rights violations in Iran. Most news sites has a "Contact Us" section that provides emails or forms to contact editorial or provide feedback.
Thank the news agencies for their work in keeping people aware of current events, and ask them to increase their coverage of the situation in Iran. Point out what's happening and that the Islamic Republic is less likely to execute protesters with the eyes of the world on them.
News coverage of Iran has been sparse. With the government cracking down on the internet usage, the information we get from every-day people will dwindle. Most of the news has leaked out through social media, but we can't count on that forever. We may soon log on to Tumblr and hear absolutely nothing about Iran. We need news agencies to step up to the plate. They have resources that the average person doesn't.
No, I don't know if this will help. But we need to try.
i used to work in news so let me give some ways that will ACTUALLY get news orgs attention (because those contact emails are rarely watched in my experience):
news orgs rely a LOT on twitter and tiktok for news gathering these days. if you see RELIABLE information about iran, boost the hell out of it. retweet on twitter, repost on tiktok. seek out that information too (search for it) and the apps will show you more.
if your news outlet of choice DOES post about iran or any other issue you care about? make SURE you and everyone you know interacts with those posts from their handles a LOT, on every platform. high engagement on posts, high views and watch retention time on tiktok and youtube, and high click rates means it will be a topic they will be encouraged to keep covering.
before twitter dies, find reporters who work for local news orgs near you (town/city/county/state TV news, newspapers, magazines, etc). you can do this by going to twitter, finding the @ of the show/station/publication/etc and searching it, and then switching to the people tab. look at people's bios and then save those usernames. tag them when you see something (about any story). sometimes they have their email as well. email them (nicely, they get a lot of harrassment). is there a national or bigger news org that you like and trust? use the same method to find reporters who work there and find and follow the reporters on that beat (in this case, international relations, the middle east, etc) and follow and interact with them and their posts.
are there local activists (in this case from the iranian diaspora, but this works for any issue) or other groups holding events and protests to support and/or raise awareness? find and follow them, and tag these reporters.




















