US Deports Iranians, Still Puzzled Why They Don't Love Us
The BBC reports the US has deported a second group of Iranian nationals from Arizona, highlighting the ongoing tensions without bothering with the 'why.' (Source: BBC). This is the same US government that, in 1953, with British help, orchestrated a coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh , replacing him with the Shah, a monarch who ruled with brutality and US
backing for decades. Fast forward, and a 2018 US pullout from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) , followed by crippling sanctions, decimated Iran's economy and disproportionately harmed its civilian population. So, one might ask: When the US systematically destabilizes a region, installs dictators, and then punishes the very people trying to navigate the mess, are we truly surprised
they aren't lining up to sip lattes at Starbucks? The BBC details the 'what' but conveniently skips the centuries of US interventions that created the 'who' and 'why' leading to these deportations. It's almost as if empathy has a limited word count in international news.