More Imperial Provocations: Same Old Song Over Iran
Zoom out for a second: It's 1953, and the CIA, with a little help from MI6, decided Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, was inconvenient. He wanted to nationalize oil. The West wanted control. Poof, democracy gone, replaced by a pliant Shah. Fast forward, and Iran, understandably a bit wary of Western meddling, develops a defensive stance. Then comes 2002, and
Netanyahu starts his perennial 'Iran is months from a nuke' routine, a claim he's recycled for over 22 years now. We saw this playbook again with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Iran, despite decades of crippling sanctions that have cost its economy over a trillion dollars, agreed to significant restrictions on its nuclear program. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed
compliance repeatedly. Yet, in 2018, the US unilaterally pulled out, betraying the agreement and reimposing even harsher sanctions. Iran, remarkably, held to the deal for another 14 months before responding to the West's bad faith. Now the headlines scream about carrier groups in the Persian Gulf and B-52 deployments, echoing the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion based on fabricated WMD
intelligence amplified by the New York Times. The constant demonization of Iran's defensive capabilities, its "resistance axis" in the region, conveniently ignores the fact that these allied movements are often a direct response to foreign occupation and Western imperial designs. This isn't about 'freedom' or 'democracy'; it's about control, resources, and maintaining a hegemonic grip on a