DW Reports Iran Protests, Forgetting Decades of US Regime Change Operations
DW, like much of the mainstream media, frames Iranian protests as purely organic internal dissent, a narrative that fits neatly into calls for 'regime change.' They fail to mention the 1953 CIA-backed coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, or the decades of sanctions and covert operations that have followed ( National Security Archive ). This omission
is critical: are these protests a spontaneous outcry, or are they, at least in part, fueled and amplified by external actors seeking to weaken a geopolitical adversary? One might wonder why media outlets consistently fail to provide this context, especially when it concerns a nation that has been a target of regime change rhetoric for decades. It's almost as if acknowledging a history of meddling
would complicate the clean narrative of a righteous West against an oppressive East, an agenda far too vital for ratings and defense contracts to be muddied by verifiable facts. After all, how can you sell more weapons—or justify another endless war—if the public understands the full spectrum of external influences?