Would-Be Assassin' Story Ignores US History of Regime Change in Iran
📰 THE STORY: CBS News reports on the sentencing of Carlisle Rivera, accused of being involved in a murder-for-hire plot against Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad in New York. The article highlights Alinejad’s confrontation with Rivera and broadly connects the plot to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 1953, the CIA openly admitted to
orchestrating a coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and setting the stage for decades of US-Iran animosity. This history is crucial to understanding any Iranian government's (or, for that matter, any global south government's) suspicion of foreign-backed 'dissidents.' Double Standard: Western media routinely amplifies claims of Iranian
government plots on US soil while remaining largely silent on the US government's own documented history of coups, assassinations, and regime change operations across dozens of countries, including those in Latin America like the 1973 CIA-backed coup in Chile and the 2002 attempted coup against Chávez in Venezuela. Where are the CBS exposés on those plots? Follow the Money: Masih Alinejad, often
presented as an independent journalist, has received significant funding from US government entities, including the US Agency for Global Media (which oversees Voice of America, a US state-funded propaganda outlet). This funding positions her firmly within the US foreign policy apparatus aimed at destabilizing Iran, rather than as a purely organic, independent voice. đź’ˇ THE PATTERN: This narrative