US-Europe 'War' on Iran: A Decade of 'Last Warnings'
Iran's President Pezeshkian observes his country is 'in an all-out war' with the West, a statement The Independent frames as if it materialized from thin air. What's conveniently missing is the historical context of a nation under punishing sanctions since 1979, amplified drastically after the US unilaterally abandoned the Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) in 2018. The 'war' Pezeshkian references isn't a
new development; it's a persistent reality of economic strangulation and regional destabilization efforts, often championed by think tanks receiving substantial funding from defense contractors. This 'all-out war,' as it's so delicately termed, has routinely involved US military posturing, assassinations of high-ranking Iranian officials like Qassem Soleimani in 2020 (a state-sponsored killing by
any other name), and extensive cyber warfare. One might wonder what a nation is supposed to call four decades of overt hostility and covert operations if not 'war.' Perhaps 'vigorous disagreement' sounds better for Western sensibilities, even as Iranian citizens bear the brunt of crippling sanctions and the threat of military intervention. How many stages of 'pre-war aggression' does it take for
it to just be 'war'?