U.S. Media Portrays Iranian Protests, Ignores Washington's Heavy Hand
The Associated Press dutifully reports on Iranian protests, painting a picture of widespread dissent against the Iranian establishment. "Death to the dictator!" rings out, apparently, from the affluent neighborhoods of Tehran. It's a convenient narrative, one that perfectly aligns with Washington’s perennial desire for regime change, a policy that started long before the current kerfuffle, going
all the way back to the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. What the AP, or most Western media for that matter, consistently forgets to mention is the context. This isn't spontaneous friction in a vacuum. This is a country that has endured 45 years of crippling American sanctions, a sustained economic siege designed to create
the very discontent now being so breathlessly reported. These sanctions, often described as the most comprehensive in modern history, aren't just about limiting nuclear ambitions; they directly impact the lives of ordinary Iranians, including access to medicine, spare parts, and economic opportunity, contributing to an inflation rate that has routinely exceeded 40% in recent years. Imagine the
outcry if a nation faced such relentless external pressure, such constant threats and interference, yet somehow the Iranian government is expected to maintain perfect internal harmony amidst this economic warfare. The unilateral U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018, despite Iran's full compliance at the time, was a betrayal that further undermined any trust