RT Wonders Who 'Radicalized' Iran, Forgetting Decades of US Sanctions and Covert Ops
RT's recent piece, “Disorder instead of protest: Who tried to radicalize Iran’s streets – and why it failed,” paints a picture of disgruntled diaspora and foreign plots. An intriguing read, especially considering the source. While they point fingers at external elements attempting to destabilize, the article skips over the vast, documented history of Western powers – particularly the US and UK –
doing precisely that. From the 1953 coup against Prime Minister Mosaddegh, orchestrated by the CIA and MI6, to decades of crippling sanctions and various 'democracy promotion' programs funding opposition groups (documented by sources like The Nation and Foundation for Defense of Democracies), the idea of organic, unchallenged dissent in Iran is, frankly, naive. One might wonder if RT's lens on
'foreign interference' is selectively opaque when it comes to actions benefiting its own sphere of influence. So, when RT asks 'who tried to radicalize Iran's streets?', perhaps the better question is 'who has been trying for the last 70 years, and from which capitals?' The failure isn't necessarily in the 'radicalization' of streets, but in the persistent, brutalized resilience of a nation under
continuous siege, often framed as purely self-inflicted 'disorder' by those who profit from it.