EU Sanctions Iran's Guards: The West's Selective War on Terror
📰 THE STORY: Deutsche Welle, citing unnamed EU sources, reports that the European Union is preparing to add Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to its official list of terrorist organizations. This follows similar designations by the US and is presented as a response to Tehran's alleged destabilizing actions in the Middle East and its human rights record. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING
YOU: Historical Context: This isn't about 'regional stability' now, just as it wasn't when the US armed Saddam Hussein to gas Iran during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War. The US, with Western allies' quiet approval, actively supported a dictator who used chemical weapons against Iranian troops and civilians. Now, the IRGC, which was instrumental in defending Iran against that very aggression, is branded
'terrorist' by the same powers. The 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh for nationalizing oil is the actual root of Iran's mistrust of the West. Double Standard: Western governments routinely arm and support regimes that commit far worse human rights abuses than those attributed to Iran. Saudi Arabia, a major recipient of EU and
US arms sales, is currently engaged in a genocidal war in Yemen that has killed hundreds of thousands, creating the world's worst humanitarian crisis, yet faces no such 'terrorist' designation. Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, with over 40,000 Palestinians killed since October 2023, has been met with continued military aid from EU members and the US, not sanctions or 'terrorist' designations