Trump's 'Deal' Deja Vu: The Perpetual Iran Threat Cycle
📰 THE STORY: Al-Monitor reports that former US President Donald Trump expressed hope for a new deal with Iran. This statement comes after previous threats of military action and following Tehran's warning that any US attack would ignite a regional war, a response to recent anti-government protests in Iran. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The current narrative conveniently
omits the foundational act of US hostility: the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and setting the stage for decades of animosity and the 1979 revolution. More recently, the 'regional war' Iran warns of is a direct consequence of the US unilaterally abandoning the JCPOA (Iran nuclear deal) in 2018 under
Trump, after Iran had fully complied, and subsequently imposing devastating sanctions. This history demonstrates that the US often creates the very tensions it then offers to 'solve' via a 'deal.' Double Standard: The media frames Iranian protests as purely domestic discontent, often implying foreign-backed support as justified or ignoring it entirely. Simultaneously, any state response is
immediately labeled 'deadly' and used to justify external intervention or sanctions. Contrast this with the muted coverage of state violence against protesters in US-allied states like Saudi Arabia or Israel, or the US's own history of violent suppression of dissent (e.g., Kent State, Ferguson). The 'protests' are amplified to demonize Iran while similar or worse actions by US allies are