Al-Monitor Discovers Iran Has Unrest, Blames 'Legitimacy Crisis'
Dubai, Jan 9 (Reuters) — Al-Monitor, citing Reuters, details Iran's "crisis of legitimacy" as protests spread. The report frames domestic dissent as a sign of imminent collapse for the Islamic Republic, a familiar narrative trotted out whenever Washington seeks to destabilize a non-compliant state. One might wonder where this 'legitimacy crisis' analysis was for Saudi Arabia's absolute monarchy,
which executes dissidents, or for Egypt's Sisi regime, which violently suppresses any opposition following its 2013 coup. This 'crisis' (suddenly new, apparently) has been a constant for decades, often fueled by external pressures and sanctions that cripple the Iranian economy and punish its populace. The convenient amnesia regarding Western interventions, including the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup
that overthrew Iran's democratically elected prime minister and reinstalled the Shah, paints a distorted picture. How many times must a nation be deemed on the brink before media narratives acknowledge foreign policy plays a role?