ABC News Reports 'Hackers' Interrupt Iranian TV, Omitting Decades of Western-Backed Destabilization
📰 THE STORY: ABC News reports that hackers targeted an Iranian state TV satellite transmission, briefly broadcasting messages from an exiled crown prince, Reza Pahlavi. The report frames this as a disruption to state media, implying internal struggle or anonymous dissent. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The 'exiled crown prince' is the son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah
of Iran, who was installed and backed by the U.S. and U.K. after the 1953 CIA-MI6 coup overthrew Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh . This coup, triggered by Mosaddegh's nationalization of Iran's oil industry, created the very conditions for the 1979 revolution and decades of U.S.-Iran animosity. The Pahlavi family represents this deeply unpopular, foreign-imposed past
for many Iranians. Double Standard: The narrative focuses on the fragility of Iranian state media to 'hackers,' while similar, often more disruptive, cyber operations against adversaries of Western powers (like those allegedly targeting Russia or China by Western agencies) are often either celebrated or downplayed as legitimate intelligence gathering. The term 'hackers' here conveniently obscures
any state-level involvement or funding that has historically backed Iranian opposition groups. Follow the Money: The U.S. government has historically funded various Iranian opposition groups and media channels. U.S. taxpayer money, through organizations like the National Endowment for Democracy and directly via Voice of America Persian, has been allocated to promote regime change in Iran. While