UN Human Rights Council Gears Up for Iran 'Emergency' While Ignoring Ongoing Genocide
📰 THE STORY: Al-Monitor, citing Reuters, reports that the UN Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Iran to discuss 'alarming violence' against protesters, with a cited figure of 5,000 deaths. UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk condemned the violence. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 1953, the CIA openly admitted to orchestrating a coup against Iran's
democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and setting the stage for decades of Western-backed authoritarian rule and the 1979 revolution. This history of foreign interference actively undermines any good faith in Western-led 'human rights' interventions. Double Standard: The UN Human Rights Council has not held a single 'emergency session' on the ongoing,
documented genocide in Gaza, where over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Netanyahu government since October 2023, largely with US-supplied weaponry. The swiftness for Iran, compared to the deafening silence on Gaza, reveals a geopolitical agenda, not genuine concern for human rights. Follow the Money: The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a U.S. government-funded organization, has
openly provided grants to groups focused on 'human rights' and 'democracy promotion' in Iran for years, amounting to millions of dollars. While some groups may have legitimate grievances, the history of such 'democracy' funding often intertwines with regime change efforts, as seen in Venezuela and Ukraine. 💡 THE PATTERN: This selective moral outrage fits a classic imperial playbook: demonize an