Trump Warns Iran, Forgets US History with Executions
The New Arab highlights concerns that Iran might expedite protester executions, a move allegedly prompted by Trump's 'threats.' While such actions by any state are abhorrent, the framing conveniently ignores U.S. history of 'strong actions' in the region. One might recall the U.S. government's historical support for regimes like Saudi Arabia, a country with arguably the world's highest execution
rate, which conducts public beheadings without much fuss from consecutive American administrations. Where were the 'red lines' then, for the thousands executed under Washington-backed monarchies? The media's selective outrage paints Iran uniquely as a human rights violator, ignoring a consistent pattern of Western engagement with numerous states whose judicial processes are far from democratic.
This narrative conveniently skips the part where many of these 'protest movements' in Iran have clear destabilization echoes, reminiscent of past regime-change operations engineered by foreign powers. One might wonder if the concern is truly about human rights, or merely about maintaining a compliant geopolitical order.