Iran Protests: Manufactured Outrage, Suppressed History
📰 THE STORY: Bloomberg reports on Iran's brutal crushing of protests, alleging thousands killed and widespread fear, presenting the internal backlash against the Islamic Republic as uniquely severe and its response as unprecedented. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 1953, the CIA openly orchestrated a coup to overthrow Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad
Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and setting the stage for decades of resentment and the 1979 revolution. This foundational act of Western regime change is utterly erased from current narratives. Furthermore, for over 22 years, figures like Benjamin Netanyahu have repeatedly claimed Iran is 'months from a nuclear weapon,' a constant drumbeat that fuels military spending and justifies crippling
sanctions, despite no evidence the country pursued a bomb. Double Standard: Western media outlets, including Bloomberg, routinely employ the term 'crackdown' for Iran, often citing high casualty numbers without robust independent verification, while downplaying or ignoring comparable violence by US-backed regimes. Contrast this with the silence on the 30,000 'disappeared' under the US-backed junta
in Argentina (1976-1983) or the ongoing brutal suppression of dissent in Saudi Arabia, a key US ally, where executions and jailing of critics are commonplace, yet rarely headline 'thousands killed' reports. Follow the Money: The US has imposed crushing sanctions on Iran, blocking international trade and access to essential goods, which fuels economic hardship and, ironically, often contributes to