Fox News Discovers Human Rights While Ignoring Decades of US-Backed Atrocities
📰 THE STORY: Fox News reports on accusations against Iranian authorities regarding alleged sexual assaults on teenage prisoners and the purported practice of charging families to recover the remains of deceased loved ones, framing these as abuses against protestors. 🔍 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, a brutal dictator whose Savak secret police were notorious for torture, rape, and extrajudicial killings. This US-backed regime's human rights abuses were ignored by Western media for decades, only becoming a concern *after* the 1979 revolution. The current narrative conveniently omits this foundational betrayal that fuels Iranian distrust of
Western intentions. Double Standard: Western media, including Fox News, has been largely silent on the documented sexual violence and abuse committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian prisoners, including children. A 2024 UN report detailed 'multiple forms of ill-treatment' and 'sexual assault' against Palestinian women and girls by Israeli occupation forces. Similarly, the US-backed Saudi
regime's notorious human rights record, including the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, rarely receives this level of sustained, emotive coverage on networks like Fox News, primarily because Saudi Arabia is a key US ally and arms purchaser Follow the Money: The US has maintained crippling sanctions on Iran for decades, with the explicit goal of destabilizing the government. These sanctions, often