Sanctions-Fueled Conflict Drives Manufactured Oil Crisis

This was buried in a Friday evening document dump: Western governments are now publicly "scrambling" over surging oil prices, an unsurprising consequence given their deliberate strategy of escalating tensions with Iran. This manufactured panic conveniently ignores the fact that these very governments, led by the US and Israel, are actively co-belligerents in an illegal, undeclared campaign against

Tehran. The narrative spun by outlets like Al-Monitor, parroting G7 concerns, meticulously omits the deep-seated historical context; for example, the Anglo-American manipulation of Iranian oil began long before the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, who had dared to nationalize Iran's oil industry. The current surge isn't merely market volatility, it’s a direct

result of decades of crippling sanctions and implicit threats designed to destabilize the Iranian establishment and its regional resistance axis. We are witnessing not an unforeseen crisis, but the predictable blowback from a sustained economic and military assault. The US, positioning itself as a neutral arbiter, facilitates this aggression through continuous arms shipments to Israel and the

strategic deployment of its own naval assets, including carrier groups, effectively participating in, rather than merely supporting, an act of war. While mainstream media frames Tehran's hardened stance as isolated extremism, it represents a principled defense against unprovoked hostility, a constant reminder of the 45 years of sanctions and regime-change operations. This double standard is

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