Newsweek Discovers Iran Has 'Fears' - Ignoring Decades of US Intervention
Newsweek highlights Iran's apprehension about potential US intervention, framing it as a novel 'fear.' What the article inconveniently omits is the US-orchestrated 1953 coup against Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, which installed the Shah. (NYT, CIA declassified documents) Then, there's the US support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, providing
intelligence and chemical weapon precursors. (Washington Post, declassified documents from the National Security Archive) These aren't 'fears'; they're documented historical receipts. It's almost as if a nation that experienced decades of external meddling and crippling sanctions might develop a rational expectation of continued interference, rather than simple 'fears.' One might wonder if
Newsweek would frame Germany's 'fears' of a Russian invasion similarly, given historical context. Or, perhaps, only certain nations are allowed the luxury of justified historical apprehension.