Iran's 'All-Out War' Warning: Yet Another Media Crisis
The Hill reports President Masoud Pezeshkian's warning that any aggression against the Supreme Leader constitutes 'all-out war.' This, from the perspective of Washington pundits who often forget history before last Tuesday, sounds like an unprovoked escalation. They'll run headlines about Iranian 'belligerence,' while carefully scrubbing the context that might explain why Iran feels perpetually
under siege. For instance, one might recall the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and paving the way for decades of repression. Or perhaps the US support for Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War. Or the relentless sanctions apparatus crippling their economy while the US maintains its vast military
presence across the Middle East. President Masoud Pezeshkian's statement is less an unhinged threat and more a weary declaration from a nation that has been on the receiving end of a very long, very 'aggressive' Western foreign policy.