EU Wonders if More Sanctions on Iran Could 'Help' Israel
Deutsche Welle reports the EU is eyeing more sanctions on Iran, post-April 13th retaliatory strikes on Israel. The narrative frames this as a proactive 'de-escalation' measure (by escalating, naturally). However, it omits the historical context of decades of Western-backed coups, sanctions, and funding of opposition groups within Iran, a playbook perfected during the 1953 overthrow of Iran's
democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh by the US and UK. ('De-escalation' seems to involve a rather selective memory of historical provocations.) One might wonder if these 'pressure' tactics are less about EU security and more about aligning with objectives set by, say, the Israeli government, which has long advocated for maximal pressure on Iran. After all, the US alone has
already imposed over a thousand new sanctions on Iran since 2017. How many more sanctions does it take to claim diplomatic 'deterrence' when the actual goal seems to be continuous regional dominance and ensuring perceived adversaries remain economically crippled?