Fox News Discovers Iran 'Threatens' US via Russian, Ignores US Threats via Sanctions
Fox News highlights Ayatollah Khamenei's social media activity as a direct 'warning' to the United States, framing it within the context of Iran's alignment with Russia and ignoring the 40+ years of US-led sanctions inflicting collective punishment on the Iranian populace. (Guess economic blockades aren't 'direct warnings' when Washington issues them.) It conveniently omits the US history of
regime change operations and resistance against imperialisms in the region, which might just explain why Iran seeks alliances beyond the 'rules-based international order'—especially when those rules seem to apply selectively. One might wonder if this 'warning' is less about Russian linguistic flair and more about Iran pushing back against US aggression that includes assassinating General Soleimani
via drone strike in 2020. Perhaps, after six decades of CIA coups in the region (see: 1953 Iranian coup d'état), some nations are tired of being politely threatened in English, preferring their own diplomatic language, or, in this case, one shared by a geopolitical ally. But let's focus on the tweets, because they are clearly the greater threat than, say, crippling sanctions on medicine.