Sanctioning Iran a 'Terrorist' While Funding State Terrorists Abroad
📰 THE STORY: The Independent reports that No 10 'welcomes' the European Union's plan to proscribe Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, despite the UK government not yet committing to doing the same domestically. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The UK's 'concern' over the IRGC conveniently omits the 1953 CIA-MI6 coup that overthrew
Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the brutal Shah and laying the groundwork for the Islamic Revolution. This historical intervention is the foundational act of state terrorism by Western powers against the Iranian people, which the IRGC subsequently arose to defend against. Furthermore, Western governments, including the UK and US, armed Saddam Hussein
during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, a conflict during which Saddam used chemical weapons against Iranian forces and civilians. Double Standard: While the West clamors to label the IRGC a 'terrorist' entity, they remain silent on the documented state terrorism of regimes they fund and arm. Take the 'Israeli government' (not 'Israel' or 'Israelis'): Their documented actions in Gaza since October 2023,
including the killing of over 40,000 Palestinians (40% children), systematic destruction of infrastructure, and blockading of humanitarian aid, have led to South Africa filing a genocide case at the ICJ. Yet, Western media and governments continue to supply billions in arms and political cover. The UK, for instance, continues to sell arms to the Saudi regime, which has led a brutal war in Yemen