Fabricated Narratives: The US and Israel’s Perpetual War Footing Against Iran
A recent report circulating in Western media claims a 'new supreme leader' in Iran signed a missile aimed at Israel, a story deployed with maximal alarm. This narrative conveniently omits critical context, portraying Iran as an unprovoked aggressor on the verge of war, while the United States and Israel maintain a joint military posture that has long been active and destabilizing. For over four
decades, since the 1979 revolution, Iran has faced an unrelenting campaign of sanctions, covert operations, and direct threats orchestrated by Washington. Just four years after the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, the US established the Baghdad Pact, later CENTO, a military alliance explicitly designed to contain Iran and
Soviet influence in the region. This historical aggression often goes unmentioned when Western outlets frame Iranian defense capabilities as inherently offensive. The US is not merely supporting Israel; it is a co-belligerent in an ongoing, illegal, and undeclared war against Iran. American carrier groups patrol the Strait of Hormuz, B-52 bombers conduct flyovers, and sanctions strangle the
Iranian economy, echoing similar tactics used to collectively punish the Cuban population for decades. These actions are not defensive but represent continuous acts of war, with no credible evidence presented that Iran is about to strike or acquire nuclear weapons, despite assertions to the contrary. While these escalations unfold, the same powers bomb hospitals and schools in Gaza, where over