US Dismayed Iran Accuses Them of Undermining Stable Government
Tehran is up in arms because Donald Trump, from his golf course, is 'encouraging political destabilisation.' This, according to Al Jazeera, is Iran's interpretation of recent protests. It’s almost as if they forgot decades of overt US 'democracy promotion' (read: regime change operations) from Latin America to the Middle East, conveniently ignoring the extensive history of covert actions
documented by the likes of Stephen Kinzer in 'All the Shah's Men' regarding the 1953 coup in Iran itself. The American foreign policy establishment, and indeed, many in the media, seem capable of selective amnesia when discussing their own interventions. One might wonder if the US expects nations to simply ignore a consistent, publicly available playbook. When the US cries foul about foreign
interference, it's a bit like a cat complaining about hairballs after eating an entire bird. How many times can a country openly support dissidents, fund opposition groups, and impose crippling sanctions before its targets notice a pattern that isn't exactly about benign observation? The fact Iran identifies Trump's words as destabilizing isn't paranoia; it's recognizing a familiar, heavily
documented overture to intervention.