Whoopi Goldberg has extended er record of being wrong on every issue after assertindthat Blacks in America have it as bad as people living in Iran. Does she believe if she lived in Iran and went into onen of her rants, she would not be executed instead of making millilons for doing so? Is she forced to wear clothes that follow the strict dress code of radical Islam? Are Black women in America forbidden to go to college?
During a debate with co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, Griffin noted the many human rights violations perpetrated by the Ayatollah’s brutal regime.
Griffin said:
“Okay. I think it’s very different to live in the United States in 2025 than it is in Iran.”
Goldberg replied:
“Not if you’re black!”
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELNEW: Whoopi Goldberg says black people living in America have it just as bad as people living in Iran.
Alyssa Farah: "I think it's very different to live in the United States in 2025 than it is to live in Iran."
Goldberg: "Not if you're black." pic.twitter.com/RiXBN1MK14
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“Whoopi Goldberg’s comparison between being Black in America and living under Iran’s authoritarian regime is deeply misguided and dismisses the brutal realities faced by millions of Iranians,” Dr. Sheila Nazarian told Fox News Digital.
Nazarian, a renowned plastic surgeon whose family fled Iran in 1985 when she was six after her father was put on a government list to be killed, told Fox News Digital that Goldberg’s comparison was not only inaccurate but deeply offensive.
“While racism is a serious and ongoing challenge in the U.S., comparing this to life under a totalitarian theocracy like Iran is not only inaccurate – it’s offensive to those who suffer daily under that regime. In Iran, the government controls nearly every aspect of life. People can be imprisoned, tortured, raped or even executed for peaceful protests, for criticizing the regime, or simply expressing their opinions online,” Nazarian said.
Iranian-American journalist Lisa Daftari added:
“It’s astonishing that Whoopi Goldberg would even suggest that life for Black Americans is somehow equivalent to living under the rule of the Ayatollah in Iran. The very fact that she, as a woman — and a woman of color — has a platform where she can speak freely, express dissenting views, and appear uncovered on national television is proof of the immense freedoms she enjoys.”
“Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s rule has been marked by unrelenting brutality and repression, both within Iran and beyond its borders. Under his direct command, the regime has executed hundreds of prisoners in just the past year, including women, and continues to hold the world record for executions and torture.”
“The state police and notorious ‘morality police,’ all under Khamenei’s control, enforce a severe interpretation of Sharia law, violently suppressing dissent and targeting women and minorities. His apparatus has not only silenced opponents at home through mass arrests, torture, and extrajudicial killings, but has also orchestrated assassinations of dissidents abroad and exported terror across the region.”
“Khamenei’s regime is responsible for the deaths of countless Iranians and even Americans, with blood on his hands from both domestic crackdowns and international violence. For almost five decades, Iran has been run as a police state, where fear, surveillance, and systematic human rights abuses are tools of governance and methods of regime survival.”
