France 24 Discovers Iran Has Protests, Misses US Meddling
France 24 reports on growing 'anti-government protests' in Iran, noting the Supreme Leader's warning to demonstrators, almost as if such advice is unheard of from state leaders facing dissent. This narrative conveniently skips over the CIA-orchestrated 1953 coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and sowing seeds of resentment that
directly led to the 1979 revolution. To this day, the U.S. and its allies maintain crippling sanctions on Iran, explicitly designed to destabilize the economy and, by extension, the government. One might wonder if these 'organic' protests are entirely divorced from a populace reeling from economic warfare. So, when state media outlets like France 24 frame these events purely as a domestic squabble
between the Iranian people and their leadership, it's not just lazy reporting; it's a deliberate erasure of a long, bloody history of Western intervention. Apparently, 'spreading democracy' often involves creating the conditions for widespread discontent, then feigning surprise when it boils over. The irony, as always, is lost on those who profit from the chaos.