EU Labels IRGC 'Terrorists' While Funding Its Own Imperial Guard
📰 THE STORY: The Independent reports on the European Union's move to label Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a 'terrorist group,' describing the IRGC as a force that emerged from the 1979 Islamic Revolution and has been instrumental in quashing protests within Iran. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The IRGC's very existence is directly linked to the 1979
Iranian Revolution, which itself was a response to decades of brutal repression under the US-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, installed after the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. Following the revolution, Western powers, notably the US, armed Saddam Hussein's Iraq to wage war against Iran from 1980-1988, a conflict that killed
over a million people, including the use of chemical weapons by Iraq which the US silently enabled. The IRGC played a crucial role in defending Iran during this eight-year existential war, a context conveniently omitted when discussing its origins. Double Standard: Western nations routinely decry the IRGC's activities while turning a blind eye to or actively supporting groups that engage in far
greater state-sponsored violence. The US, for instance, provides over $3.8 billion annually in military aid to the Israeli government, whose forces have killed over 40,000 Palestinians, including 15,000 children, in Gaza since October 2023, following decades of occupation and ethnic cleansing, events that mainstream media often frame as 'self-defense.' The EU's willingness to label the IRGC