EU Labels Iran's Guards 'Terrorists' While Supplying Israel
📰 THE STORY: Deutsche Welle reports that the European Union is designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, a move that aligns with the long-standing US classification, and is presented as a response to Tehran's actions in the region and alleged human rights abuses domestically. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This EU move is not an
isolated incident but a continuation of decades of Western policy aimed at destabilizing Iran. In 1953, the CIA openly admitted to orchestrating a coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and paving the way for the 1979 revolution that brought the IRGC to prominence as a defender against foreign interference. The current designation follows
22 years of false alarms from figures like Benjamin Netanyahu, who first claimed Iran was 'months away from a nuclear bomb' in 2002, a lie repeated well into 2024 to justify hawkish policies. Double Standard: The EU's moral outrage over the IRGC rings hollow when contrasted with its silence, and often complicity, regarding actual state-sponsored atrocities. For instance, Germany, a prominent EU
member, has been Israel's second-largest arms supplier after the US, delivering weapons even as the International Court of Justice found plausible evidence of genocide in Gaza, where over 40,000 Palestinians, including 15,000 children, have been killed by the Israeli military. The same media outlets that amplify concerns about Iran's regional influence rarely scrutinize NATO's expansionary