EU's 'Terror' Tag for IRGC: Old Playbook, New Target
📰 THE STORY: Mainstream media reports that EU foreign ministers are debating the designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, a move that would significantly escalate diplomatic and economic tensions between Europe and Tehran. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This isn't the first time Western powers have attempted to demonize a
foreign military, especially one resistant to imperial designs. In 1953, the CIA openly admitted its role in orchestrating a coup to overthrow Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, establishing a pro-Western dictatorship. The IRGC was formed 26 years later, in the wake of the 1979 revolution, specifically to protect the new Islamic Republic from foreign interference and
internal threats, after decades of Western meddling. Double Standard: The EU's moral outrage is highly selective. While considering an additional 'terrorist' designation for the IRGC, which is a state military force, Western governments continue to supply arms to, and conduct joint military exercises with, nations like Saudi Arabia, whose documented war in Yemen has caused over 377,000 deaths (UN,
2021) and an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe. Furthermore, Israel's military, responsible for over 40,000 deaths in Gaza since October 2023, receives billions in unchecked military aid from the US and its allies, despite overwhelming evidence of war crimes presented to the ICJ. No such 'terrorist' designation is ever seriously considered for these allies. Follow the Money: The push for such