Iran Arrests Activist After Mainstream Media Remembers Human Rights Exist
Al-Monitor breathlessly reports that Iran arrested Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi. Shocking, truly. The Islamic Republic has a long, documented history of suppressing dissent, a fact routinely highlighted when Western powers need to justify sanctions or military posturing against Tehran. This isn't new; it's practically Friday for Iran. Yet, where is this same, fervent outrage for human rights
activists jailed in, say, Saudi Arabia? Or the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians confined, detained, and killed in Gaza and the West Bank? One might wonder if human rights concerns are selectively applied, a strategic tool rather than a universal principle, especially when AIPAC spends millions annually to ensure the focus remains elsewhere. ( OpenSecrets.org data consistently shows AIPAC's
influence on US foreign policy discourse ). The media's selective outrage creates a convenient narrative: Iran is bad, others... are just 'complex regional partners'.