Trump Threatens Iran, Media Forgets Decades of US Regime Change History
Deutsche Welle reports that Trump is again threatening Iran, linking it to alleged protest deaths. What the article conveniently sidesteps is the pattern: US administrations, Republican and Democrat alike, have consistently targeted Iran with threats, sanctions, and covert operations for decades. From the 1953 CIA-backed coup that overthrew democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh
to endless 'regime change' rhetoric, this isn't a new Trumpian invention; it's a bipartisan project. One might wonder why the media consistently frames Iranian internal issues through the lens of US intervention, while the US record of supporting oppressive regimes globally—often the very ones suppressing protesters—remains uncommented. Perhaps the geopolitical interests powering this narrative
are too inconvenient to include. It’s hard to call for 'freedom' in Iran when your own history is built on undermining it for oil and 'security' in the region.