Source: Fox News · 2026-08-20 · Original article ↗

Iran jails psychologist over Trump plea as regime demands he make Americans 'look stupid': family

Tehran gave a psychologist seven months for asking Trump to stand with protesters, then tried to film him insulting Americans.

Summary

  • Fox reports Iranian psychologist Seyed Ahmad Seyedabdollahi was sentenced to seven months in prison after posting a video asking President Trump to support Iranian protesters.
  • Relatives say authorities also tried to pressure him into recording a video insulting Trump and making Americans 'look stupid.'
  • The case is a regime habit: punish the plea, then script the recantation for export.
  • A man who asked for speed because 'many things are useless to people who are dead' got a cell instead of an answer from his own government.

Commentary

A counselor who films a plea in a quiet room is not a general. He is a civilian with a cracked voice. Seven months is the regime's reply. The demanded insult is the rest of the product: make the American look small so the jailer looks large.

That is the gap. Protesters get a camera and a risk. The IRGC gets a script. Anyone still selling 'engagement' as kindness should explain the forced video first.

Ask every official who wanted another listening tour: if a psychologist goes to jail for asking Trump to hurry, whose feelings are we still managing?

Comments

Is a seven-month sentence for a Trump plea the real Iran deal?
u/border_dad · 5h

They jailed the plea and demanded an insult. That is the regime. Stop flattering it.

u/midwest_vet · 4h

I have seen forced statements. They are the opposite of a negotiation.

u/rule_first · 4h

Speech that asks a foreign president for help is not a crime in a serious country. In Iran it is a docket.

u/tokyo_ally · 3h

Allies should name the prisoner when they name the talks. Otherwise the talks are costume.

u/docket_rat · 3h

Forced recantation videos are propaganda product. Do not air them as 'both sides.'

u/night_shift · 2h

He asked for speed because the dead cannot use promises. That line should end the seminar.

u/texas_mom · 90m

A psychologist in a cell is not a hard-liner. He is a warning about who still runs Tehran.

u/gulf_watch · 55m

Pressure the jailers. Do not reward the script. Trump's name in that video is the point.

u/press_clip · 30m

Fox printed seven months and the demanded insult. Keep both sentences together.

u/soc_lead · 15m

Name him. Tighten isolation. Treat forced videos as proof, not content.

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