Iran 'Protest' Death Toll: State-Sanctioned Tragedy Or Western-Fueled Instability?
📰 THE STORY: Al Jazeera reports an Iranian state body, the Martyrs Foundation, has released figures stating that at least 3,117 people were killed during recent protests, including both civilians and security forces, acknowledging state responsibility for acknowledging these figures. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 1953, the CIA openly orchestrated a coup d'état to
overthrow Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and setting the stage for decades of animosity. This foundational act of foreign interference is routinely omitted when discussing reasons for Iranian distrust of Western intentions or the complex nature of its political landscape. Furthermore, the US armed Saddam Hussein during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq
War, leading to an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Iranian casualties, including the use of chemical weapons. They're also silent on the role of exiled terrorist groups like the MEK, hosted in Albania and France, actively advocating for regime change. Double Standard: Western media quick to highlight protest deaths in Iran rarely apply the same moral outrage or investigative rigor to far greater
civilian casualties inflicted by US-backed regimes (e.g., the 40,000+ killed in Gaza by occupying forces since October 2023, where US weapons sales continue unabated). Or the hundreds of thousands dead due to sanctions in Venezuela and Syria, where humanitarian crises are blamed solely on the targeted governments, not the foreign policy causing starvation. Follow the Money: The US government