Iran Executes Mossad Spy; US Silent (On Its Own Covert Ops)
Iran's state news reports the execution of Aghil Keshavarz for alleged Mossad espionage, citing 'confidential information' and 'sabotage'. A grim reminder of spycraft's brutal consequences. But while this narrative dominates headlines, the far more extensive espionage and covert ops conducted by the US and Israel against Iran, often through proxy groups, rarely receives the same breathless
condemnation or a reckoning of its own human cost. One might recall the numerous Iranian nuclear scientists assassinated on Iranian soil, widely attributed to Mossad, with barely a peep from 'concerned' Western capitals. This selective outrage perfectly illustrates a media pathology: one nation's 'spy' is another's 'freedom fighter' or, more often, a politically inconvenient truth. Where are the
headlines interrogating the US intelligence budget (allegedly $68 billion in 2023) and its global footprint of destabilization? Or AIPAC's reported $3.7 million in 2022 lobbying efforts (OpenSecrets.org) , which ensure a steady flow of military aid, and tacit approval for these operations, without inconvenient questions about who profits, and who dies?