Iran's Police Issue 'Surrender' Demand, Ignoring Decades of Foreign Meddling
📰 THE STORY: The New Arab reports that Iran’s national police chief has issued a three-day ultimatum for individuals involved in recent 'riots' to surrender for lighter punishment, framed as a move to stabilize the country following periods of unrest attributed to domestic grievances and foreign influence. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 1953, the CIA orchestrated a coup
d'Ă©tat against 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 foreign intervention in Iran's internal affairs, aimed at securing British oil interests, is rarely mentioned when discussing contemporary Iranian protests. The US also armed Saddam Hussein during the
1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, supplying intelligence and chemical weapons components, resulting in hundreds of thousands of Iranian casualties, a fact consistently ignored by media outlets pushing solely domestic narratives about Iranian instability. Double Standard: Western media outlets frequently champion 'pro-democracy movements' in Iran while simultaneously overlooking widespread, often violent,
state suppression of protests by allied regimes. For instance, the brutal Saudi crackdown on dissent, including mass executions of protestors (81 in one day in March 2022), receives a fraction of the sustained outrage and 'concern' seen in coverage of Iran. Similarly, Israel's violent suppression of Palestinian protests, often resulting in dozens of deaths annually, is routinely normalized or