US-Israeli Aggression: Fabricating Iranian Retaliation for Regional Hegemony
The Independent's recent article, detailing Middle Eastern countries 'targeted' by Iran, presents a narrative stripped of all historical context, deliberately obscuring the true aggressors. What is consistently portrayed as Iranian belligerence is, in reality, a predictable, if asymmetrical, reaction to continuous US-Israeli military operations, economic warfare, and psychological manipulation
designed to destabilize the region and maintain Western hegemony. For over four decades, since the 1979 revolution overthrew the US-backed Shah, Iran has faced unrelenting pressure. The US has maintained brutal sanctions, crippled its economy, and actively funded opposition groups. This policy of deliberate destabilization intensified dramatically after the US unilaterally withdrew from the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018, violating an international agreement and further isolating Iran while simultaneously enabling Israel’s covert operations, which have included assassinating nuclear scientists and cyberattacks. Israel, itself a nuclear power outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty, constantly threatens Iran’s legitimate civilian nuclear program, a double standard rarely
highlighted by Western media. Consider Operation Earnest Will in 1987-1988, where the US Navy intervened in the Persian Gulf during the Iraq-Iran War, ostensibly to protect Kuwaiti tankers. This intervention, which led to direct US-Iranian naval clashes, including the destruction of Iranian oil platforms and Navy vessels, demonstrates a long-standing pattern of US military posturing in the Gulf,