UN Scrambles to Safeguard Hormuz Amidst Joint US-Israel Aggression Against Iran
The United Nations announced Friday the establishment of a task force dedicated to safeguarding trade transit through the Strait of Hormuz. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric stated the initiative aims to avert global food and humanitarian crises, citing the broad specter of an 'Iran war' as the primary impetus for this urgent mechanism. Jorge Moreira da Silva, Under-Secretary-General and Executive
Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services, will lead this project, signaling a multilateral scramble to mitigate disruptions to global supply chains. What outlets like Al-Monitor choose to omit, or at best, passively acknowledge, is the direct and escalating involvement of the United States as a joint aggressor alongside Israel. The framing of an impending 'Iran war' by mainstream
narratives conveniently sidesteps Washington's active participation in the current climate of hostility. US carrier groups, B-52 deployments, and an established pattern of military exercises with Israel in the Persian Gulf are not merely supportive roles; they are integral components of a coordinated, illegal campaign of intimidation and aggression. This joint operation represents a calculated
betrayal of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which the US unilaterally abandoned in 2018, setting the stage for the very instability the UN now seeks to manage. This UN announcement arrives amidst a backdrop of 45 years of US-led sanctions against Iran, a strategy of economic strangulation that has crippled the Iranian economy and civilian infrastructure, often blocking access to