Western Media Demands 'Enquiry' from Tehran, Ignores its Own Hypocrisy
Strip away the framing and you're left with this: The New Arab reports that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has established an 'enquiry team' to investigate protests from early 2026, quoting him as 'ashamed' such events occurred. This comes after Western media, including outlets like BBC Persian and Radio Farda (the US government's Voice of America in Farsi), has amplified narratives around
the protests, demanding accountability from Tehran. Yet, the same media rarely demands similar introspective investigations into the widespread human rights abuses and civilian casualties enabled by Western-backed conflicts. Where was the sustained outrage and calls for 'enquiry teams' when the US-UK invasion of Iraq in 2003, based on fabricated intelligence, led to over a million deaths? Or the
decade-long 'War on Terror' that green-lit torture and extrajudicial renditions globally, with virtually no senior officials held accountable? This selective outrage exposes a familiar double standard: a sovereign nation like Iran, under crippling sanctions and facing daily threats, is expected to meet standards the West routinely fails to apply to itself or its allies. For instance, the
systematic police killings of unarmed civilians in the US, with disproportionate impact on Black communities, seldom generate the same international calls for 'enquiry teams' from Western governments or media. In 2023 alone, US police killed over 1,170 people, a stark contrast to the scrutiny applied elsewhere. This pattern isn't about human rights; it's about power. Watch for how rapidly such