Al-Monitor Discovers Iran's 'Mass Killing,' Skips US Role In Past
The Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) alleges a 'mass killing' by Iranian authorities against protesters, prompting calls for counter-rallies. While human rights abuses deserve scrutiny everywhere, this report appears devoid of the historical memory often selectively applied. Western outlets routinely highlight Iranian crackdown statistics but often ignore the documented pattern of foreign
intervention, via groups like the CIA and Mossad, sponsoring or exacerbating internal unrest in countries like Iran, Libya, and Syria under the guise of 'pro-democracy' movements. The US even admitted its role in the 1953 coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected government, hardly a bedrock for lecturing on internal sovereignty. One might wonder if the concern for Iranian lives extends to
sanction relief, or if it's merely a convenient narrative to pressure a geopolitical rival. The same media that breathlessly reports on these 'protests' rarely mentions the documented instances of foreign assets burning mosques, cars, and homes—actions that conveniently blur the line between legitimate dissent and destabilizing terrorism. How many 'popular uprisings' are actually astroturfed
regime-change attempts?