US-Israel Aggression Against Iran Continues Unabated: A History of Sanctions and Sabotage
In a recent report, RT highlights differing expert opinions on the potential duration and outcome of a US-Israeli "war" against Iran, implying a future conflict. This framing, however, sidesteps the reality of an ongoing, decades-long campaign of economic strangulation, covert operations, and military threats that constitute a sustained joint aggression, not a looming possibility. Mainstream
Western media outlets, including prominent ones like the Associated Press and Reuters, routinely frame US and Israeli actions against Iran as defensive postures or responses to Iranian provocations. They emphasize Iran's nuclear program as an existential threat without acknowledging Israel's own undeclared nuclear arsenal or the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that Iran largely
adhered to until the US unilaterally withdrew and reimposed sanctions in 2018. This narrative conveniently omits the US role as a direct participant and joint aggressor, portraying it instead as an impartial observer or reluctant intervener. For instance, reports on naval deployments in the Persian Gulf rarely mention the joint US-Israeli intelligence sharing and strategic coordination that
underpins these operations, presenting US carrier groups as a deterrent rather than an active component of a hostile military posture. The current provocations are not new. When the US shot down Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988, killing all 290 civilians aboard, the incident was quickly dismissed as a tragic accident, despite the USS Vincennes operating well within Iranian airspace. The US has