Exiled Prince Demands Intervention, Forgets His Own Family's Bloody Legacy
Reza Pahlavi, the 'exiled crown prince' of Iran, is urging the world to 'help protesters topple Iran's government,' according to the BBC. This isn't just any exiled figure; this is the son of the Shah, who was installed and maintained by a 1953 CIA-backed coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected P.M., Mohammad Mossadegh. (That’s a detail the BBC routinely forgets to mention during these
heartwarming calls for 'democracy'). One might wonder if the BBC's selective memory is simply poor journalism, or a deliberate omission to sanitize foreign-backed regime change narratives. Pahlavi's family presided over a brutal, western-backed dictatorship for decades after that coup. To present him now as a credible voice for an Iranian 'protester' movement without this critical context is not
reporting; it's narrative management, preparing the ground for more 'humanitarian' interventions.