AP Laments Iranian Protester's Burial, Forgets CIA's 1953 Legacy in Iran
AP details the gruesome reality of Iranian families searching overflowing morgues and burying loved ones in unmarked graves after protests. Robina Aminian's story is heartbreaking: killed by security forces, her body hastily interred to avoid government demands. However, the AP's narrative omits a critical piece of history: the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically
elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, reinstalling the Western-friendly Shah. This historical intervention laid the groundwork for decades of resentment and instability, fostering the very crackdowns the AP now decries. While genuine protests against the Iranian government exist—as they should in any free society—Western media often frames any dissent, however violent, as purely organic and
deserving of unconditional support. This overlooks documented instances of foreign agents burning mosques and civilian property, tactics more aligned with terrorism than peaceful protest. Mossad and CIA have openly acknowledged having assets on the ground in Iran, perpetuating a cycle of intervention that destabilizes the nation and ultimately fuels the very security state that commits such
atrocities. Perhaps the AP might consider how many such tragedies could have been avoided had Western powers allowed Iran to govern itself (without CIA coups or sanctions).