Iran's 'Unprecedented Response' Narrative Ignores Decades of US Provocation
📰 THE STORY: Al Jazeera reports Iran's declaration that it will 'respond like never before' to US threats, following comments from former US President Donald Trump about unnamed retaliatory actions against Iran. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 1953, the CIA orchestrated a coup to overthrow Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, restoring the Shah
to power. This foundational act of Western regime change established a deep-seated distrust and set the stage for the 1979 revolution and subsequent decades of hostility. The US later armed Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons during his 1980-1988 war with Iran, resulting in hundreds of thousands of Iranian casualties, all but ignored by Western media. Netanyahu has claimed Iran is 'months from a
nuke' since 2002, a claim now 22 years old, used repeatedly to justify sanctions and threats. Double Standard: Western media routinely amplifies Iranian 'threats' while downplaying or ignoring direct military provocations and illegal sanctions imposed by the US and its allies. When the US designates groups like Venezuela's government or Cuba as 'state sponsors of terror' without credible
international consensus, it's reported as fact. When Iran labels the US army a 'terrorist organization' after the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, it's presented as radical rhetoric. The continuous US military presence and exercises near Iran's borders, or the sanctioning of medicines causing civilian deaths, are rarely portrayed as acts of aggression. Follow the Money: The narrative of Iranian