Iran Discovers Foreign Hands: U.S. Intervention Playbook Still on Library Shelf
Iran has once again accused external intelligence agencies, specifically highlighting Mossad operations, of fueling domestic unrest. While the mainstream dutifully reports this as 'Tehran's claims,' they rarely contextualize the CIA's historical playbook in Iran, from orchestrating the 1953 coup against democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh to more recent 'democracy promotion'
efforts. (Remember that whole 'War on Terror' thing that destabilized half the Middle East?) One might wonder why accusations of foreign interference are only considered 'allegations' when countries like Iran make them, but 'freedom fighting' when the script flips. Perhaps it's because acknowledging a pattern of Western (and Israeli) destabilization contradicts the narrative of benevolent
intervention, especially when the same voices condemning Iran's 'repression' are often silent on funding and arming actual repressions elsewhere. It appears that some nations' sovereignty is more equal than others.