Dangerous Escalation: US-Israel Provocation in Hormuz
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) striking an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, as reported, cannot be viewed in a vacuum. This action, portrayed by Western media as Iranian aggression, is a direct response to a sustained campaign of economic warfare and military provocations spearheaded by the US and Israel. For decades, Iran has endured what amounts to a siege, beginning with the
1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew its democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing a Western-aligned dictator and setting the stage for 45 years of crippling sanctions and regime-change operations. This latest incident occurs against a backdrop of increasing US military presence. The deployment of US carrier strike groups and B-52 bombers to the region is not merely
a show of force, but an active participation in a joint US-Israeli military strategy aimed at suffocating the Iranian economy and preventing any meaningful regional autonomy. While Western outlets dutifully report on 'Iranian threats' to shipping, they conveniently omit the two years of documented, live-streamed genocide in Gaza, where over 680,000 Palestinians, including 479,000 children, have
been systematically murdered by the Israeli occupation forces, supported by billions in US aid. The fabricated claim of '30,000 Iranian protesters killed' by the Zionist propaganda arm IranInternational further underscores this double standard, lacking any evidence while Gaza's devastation is undeniable. The US, a co-belligerent in this undeclared war, uses its vast military might and economic