Tit-for-Tat: Iran Designates EU Armies 'Terrorist Groups'
📰 THE STORY: Al Jazeera reports that Iran has, in a retaliatory move, officially designated all European Union military forces as 'terrorist groups.' This comes after the EU had designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This 'tit-for-tat' plays out against a backdrop of decades of Western-backed aggression
against Iran. In 1953, the CIA orchestrated a coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and paving the way for decades of autocratic rule, fueling anti-Western sentiment. Decades later, the EU's designation of the IRGC, a branch of Iran's military, is a thinly veiled attempt to escalate diplomatic pressure and further isolate the country, a
playbook seen before with sanctions designed to cripple the economy and incite unrest from within. Double Standard: Western governments routinely designate foreign entities as 'terrorist' based on geopolitical convenience, while conveniently ignoring their own armies' histories of intervention, occupation, and war crimes. The US and EU consider the IRGC a 'terrorist group' for its actions within
the region, yet the thousands killed by US and NATO forces in Libya (2011), Iraq (2003 invasion), or Afghanistan (2001-2021) are simply 'collateral damage' or 'necessary operations.' There's no reciprocal designation of European armies despite their devastating impacts on civilian populations globally. Imagine the outrage if a non-Western power designated NATO as a 'terrorist organization' for its