Western Media Discovers 'Iranian Protest Deaths', Forgetting Their Own 1953 Coup
A recent New Arab report, citing a US-based 'rights group', claims over 3,000 deaths in Iranian protests. This figure, like so many others circulated by Western media outlets during periods of dissent in target nations, lacks independent verification and conveniently ignores the well-documented history of foreign interference in Iran. One might remember the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that
overthrew democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, sparking decades of resentment and validating national suspicions of external meddling. The same playbook was used in Libya, Syria, and Iraq, where 'protesters' often transform into armed groups destabilizing the state. It's fascinating how 'protesters' who kill police, firefighters, and civilians, and burn mosques, are labeled as
champions of democracy in Iran, but as 'domestic terrorists' in Washington D.C. (remember Jan 6th?). One might wonder if the 'rights group' tally includes the Iranian security forces brutalized by these agitators, or the civilians caught in the crossfire of what frequently devolves into foreign-backed terrorism. The West’s selective outrage, always keen to highlight casualties in states it seeks
to destabilize while ignoring or downplaying its own complicity, is a masterclass in propaganda.