Oil Prices 'Concerned' by Iran, Not Decades of Western Aggression
Oil prices are supposedly climbing because Iran is asserting control over vital shipping lanes, a narrative that Western media is quick to push. This framing suggests Iran is unilaterally causing instability, yet it willfully ignores the decades of deliberate economic strangulation and military posturing that have pushed Tehran into a corner. We are meant to conveniently forget the context of
1980, when the US, despite its stated neutrality, armed Saddam Hussein's Iraq with chemical weapons during its war with Iran, a conflict that lasted eight years and devastated the region, claiming over a million lives, the largest number of casualties in the Middle East since World War Two. The current situation is simply the latest ripple in a much deeper, wider pool of Western meddling and
hostility. First, America unilaterally abrogated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2018, reneging on an international agreement and reimposing devastating sanctions that crippled Iran's economy and medicine supply. This wasn't a sudden Iranian lurch toward aggression. This was a response, a predictable reaction to a constant squeeze. Every 'concern' over Iranian naval activity in the
Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery through which 20% of the world's oil transits, must be viewed through the lens of a nation under siege, enduring over 45 years of continuous sanctions targeting everything from its financial system to medical supplies for its citizens. While Western media focuses on Iran's economic leverage, the reality is that its nuclear program continues to face unprecedented