Iran Summons EU Envoys Over 'Intervention,' Forgets Who Invented It
Iran has summoned EU envoys, crying foul over the bloc's 'interventionist' stance regarding a dispute with the UAE over three Islands. The New Arab article frames this as a diplomatic tit-for-tat, subtly omitting the EU's consistent pattern of 'concern' – a concern that rarely extends to its own member states' neocolonial habits or, say, the continued displacement of Palestinians. While Iran's
regional posture certainly warrants critique, the EU's sudden moral outrage in the Strait of Hormuz rings hollow when considering its historical track record of actual, violent interventionism, from Libya in 2011 to its cozying up with regimes maintaining the status quo across the Middle East. Perhaps the EU should look inward before lecturing on 'interventionism' – or at least acknowledge this
isn't the first time an external power has decided where Middle East borders should lie. (Spoiler: it usually doesn't end well.)