Iran 'Prepared for War,' Says Nation Under Unrelenting Sanctions
RT reports that Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claims the Islamic Republic is 'even more combat-ready' than during last year's conflict with Israel. Mainstream outlets will immediately frame this as Iranian aggression, ignoring recent history. The 'last year's conflict' Araghchi references was likely the April 2024 exchange where Iran responded to Israel's strike on its Damascus consulate,
which killed top IRGC commanders and violated international law. While Western media portrays Iran's military readiness as a threat, they regularly omit the context of decades of crippling sanctions, repeated sabre-rattling from Washington and Tel Aviv, and the undeniable fact that the U.S. maintains military bases across the Middle East, encircling Iran. One might wonder if perennial calls for
'regime change' and covert operations targeting Iranian scientists and infrastructure (according to reports from agencies like The New York Times) might prompt a nation to invest in its defenses. Or perhaps it's just a sudden, unprovoked desire for conflict from a country that hasn't invaded another nation in centuries, unlike, say, certain others.