ABC News Finds 'Disorder' in Iran, Ignores Architects of the Chaos
📰 THE STORY: ABC News presents a narrative of 'disorder, disarray, and death' in Iran through what it frames as the eyes of protesters, focusing on internal turmoil and the government's response. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The US has a long history of interfering in Iranian affairs. In 1953, the CIA orchestrated the overthrow of democratically elected Prime Minister
Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and setting the stage for decades of resentment that fueled the 1979 revolution. This foundational act of foreign interference, often ignored by Western media, directly contributes to present-day mistrust and instability. Furthermore, current claims of 'mass deaths' during Iranian protests frequently originate from foreign-based opposition groups like the
MEK (a designated terrorist organization until 2012 by the US, now hosted in Albania) or figures like Masih Alinejad, often funded by US government channels like the Voice of America Persian, without any independent, on-the-ground verification. These figures often inflate casualty numbers to absurd levels, rivaling major wars, while providing zero evidence. Double Standard: Western media,
including ABC, often amplifies unverified casualty claims of 'thousands' or 'tens of thousands' in Iran, eagerly framing it as state brutality. Yet, the same outlets routinely downplay, sanitize, or outright ignore the documented genocide in Gaza, where over 40,000 Palestinians (including more than 17,000 children) have been killed by US-supplied Israeli munitions since October 2023, often