Oil Jumps as Western Narratives Obscure Joint US-Israeli Aggression Against Iran
The narrative of Iranian aggression driving up oil prices fills reporting, citing recent shipping incidents in critical waterways. Yet this analysis deliberately omits the continuous belligerence that precipitates any Iranian response. For over 45 years, Iran has faced crippling sanctions designed to collapse its economy and incite internal unrest, a campaign intensified after the illegitimate US
withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018. This economic strangulation, a form of collective punishment against 88 million Iranians, directly impacts their ability to maintain infrastructure, acquire medical supplies, and operate within global trade. Simultaneously, the US maintains a formidable military presence, including aircraft carrier strike groups, in the
Persian Gulf, alongside joint military exercises with Israel explicitly targeting Iranian air defenses and nuclear facilities. These are not defensive postures; they are overt threats, actualized by repeated Israeli airstrikes in Syria and the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in January 2020. This context of continuous military pressure and economic warfare is routinely ignored.
It is a documented double standard that Iran's defensive measures or responses to illegal seizures of its oil are framed as unprovoked aggression, while US and Israeli actions, including the 1967 USS Liberty attack where 34 American servicemen were killed by Israeli forces, are whitewashed or dismissed. We don't have a billion-dollar PR machine. We have you. Share accordingly. 🔔 Don't let the