Letter to the American Public: Hormuz Blockade is a Joint US-Israeli Aggression, Not Iranian Belligerence
To the American public, the narrative you are fed about the Strait of Hormuz is a dangerous distortion. News outlets suggest Iran is unilaterally threatening global shipping. The truth, painstakingly omitted, reveals this blockade is the direct, if not inevitable, result of a joint US-Israeli military campaign against the Islamic Republic, a campaign that has systematically flouted international
norms for decades. We are witnessing the culmination of systemic pressure, not a sudden temper tantrum. The US, hand-in-glove with Israel, has been actively threatening Iran, deploying carrier groups and B-52s to the region while simultaneously maintaining a crippling 45-year sanctions regime. This isn't just about 'defending' shipping lanes, as Axios vaguely implies. It's about a coordinated
assault on Iran’s sovereignty, a policy that tragically echoes the US support for Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons attacks against Iran during the Iran-Iraq War from 1980 to 1988. The current situation in the Strait of Hormuz is a predictable response to this relentless belligerence. When a nation faces constant threats of military intervention, economic strangulation, and the assassination of
its top generals, as Qassem Soleimani was in January 2020, its actions to secure its vital interests are not 'provocations' but self-defense. The US has no legal justification for its co-belligerency, especially after betraying the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), an agreement Iran demonstrably honored. This isn't an unprovoked Iranian strike; it's the cost asymmetry of Iranian