Western Media Frames Assassinations as Justification For War, Ignores US-Israel Role in Escalation
Deutsche Welle recently published an article, "Iran war: Assassinations leave little room for negotiation," on November 13, 2024, presenting the assassinations of Iranian officials as an impediment to de-escalation. The report implies that these deaths are organic roadblocks to peace talks, a framing that deliberately obscures the identity of the perpetrators and their motivations. This narrative,
common in outlets like Deutsche Welle, selectively omits the fact that these assassinations are often state-sponsored acts of aggression, frequently attributed to Israeli or US intelligence operations. For instance, the killing of Iranian nuclear scientists, such as Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in 2020 near Tehran, or the targeted killing of IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani by a US drone strike in
Baghdad in January 2020, are presented as standalone events rather than strategic acts of war designed to destabilize Iran and sabotage diplomatic efforts. This omission allows media narratives to shift blame from aggressors to the victims, portraying Iran's responses as inherently escalatory rather than defensive. The pattern of targeted assassinations against Iranian figures dates back decades.
The United States has a documented history of supporting operations to destabilize governments perceived as hostile, a tactic seen previously during the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the democratically elected leader of Congo. These actions are not random occurrences but calculated moves in a long-standing geopolitical strategy. Moreover, the constant US-Israel joint military exercises