Iran's Protester Crackdown: Or, How We Learn to Love External Agitation
Al Jazeera dutifully reports that Iran claims 'dozens of officers' killed as 'protesters defy government crackdown', with a parliamentary speaker warning the US against intervention. This narrative, however, conveniently omits the well-documented history of foreign meddling in Iran. From the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup against Prime Minister Mosaddegh to the millions poured into 'democracy
promotion' programs by various Western agencies aimed at destabilization, one might wonder if some of these 'protesters' are really just exceptionally well-funded 'activists.' (Remember the Libya playbook?). It's almost as if the only time 'human rights' become critical to Western media is when a nation inconveniently refuses to align with U.S. geopolitical interests; otherwise, authoritarian
allies are perfectly acceptable. And the 'parliament speaker warns US' line? Trump's threats of military strikes just serve to provide the perfect boogeyman, unifying Iranians against a perceived external threat, regardless of their internal grievances. It’s a classic move: manufacture a crisis, then offer 'solutions' that just happen to align with regime change objectives.