Europe's Convenient 'Terror' Alarms on Iran
📰 THE STORY: France 24 features an 'expert' arguing that the EU’s designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) as a terrorist organization is 'long overdue,' claiming the IRGC has created 'hell on earth' for 85 million Iranians and warning of EU migrant crises. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 1953, the CIA orchestrated a coup to overthrow Iran's democratically elected
Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and creating decades of resentment that directly contributed to the 1979 revolution and the rise of the current Iranian political structure, including the IRGC. This 'long overdue' sentiment ignores the long history of Western interference that destabilized Iran. Double Standard: While the IRGC is lambasted as a 'transnational actor in
terrorism,' the extensive, documented support provided by Western nations to terrorist groups in Libya (2011), Syria (from 2011, including groups allied with Al-Qaeda), and Ukraine (funding neo-Nazi Azov Battalion since 2014) is routinely whitewashed or ignored. When Western-backed forces create 'hell on earth,' it's framed as 'democracy promotion' or 'humanitarian intervention,' not terrorism.
Follow the Money: The MEK (Mujahedin-e Khalq), a cult-like group with a history of assassinating Americans previously designated as a terrorist organization by the US until 2012, actively lobbies Western governments for IRGC designation. They have spent millions, with reports showing payments of over $50,000 to prominent US politicians for speeches calling for regime change in Iran. These calls