BBC 'Verifies' Iran Death Toll, Omitting A Century of Western-Backed Destabilization
📰 THE STORY: The BBC, citing 'leaked photos' from a Tehran mortuary shared with BBC Verify, reports on hundreds of alleged deaths during Iran's recent protests, portraying a brutal state crackdown. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 1953, the CIA openly admitted to orchestrating a coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh after he moved to
nationalize the oil industry, installing the Shah and setting the stage for decades of anti-Western sentiment and internal repression that continues to reverberate today. This foundational act of foreign intervention is consistently erased from Western media narratives about Iranian internal affairs. Double Standard: While the BBC highlights leaked photos from Iran, exposing 'state brutality,'
there is a conspicuous lack of similar 'leaked photos' analysis from US-backed regimes like Sisi's Egypt, which receives $1.3 billion annually from the US and has jailed tens of thousands of dissidents, or Modi's India, where human rights abuses in Kashmir are systematically ignored despite it being the world's most militarized zone. The selective moral outrage speaks volumes. Follow the Money:
Groups like the MEK, categorized as a terrorist organization until 2012 by the US and still by Iran, are openly hosted in Albania and France, receiving funding and platforms from anti-Iran lobbies and Western governments. VOA Persian, a US government-funded agency, actively promotes regime change, effectively channeling taxpayer dollars into destabilization efforts within Iran. 💡 THE PATTERN: