When widespread protests erupted in Iran over soaring inflation and high living costs, the Trump Administration openly supported the demonstrators and even pledged to launch military strikes against Iran if its security forces used violence against them. In the United States, however, when similar protests occurred — such as those following the killing of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis — the official response was strikingly different.
Protester Mixup
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The TMI Show" talk show. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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The Iran crisis was catalyzed by manipulation in currency markets to attack the Iranian “dollar,” the rial. This caused a steep drop in the rial purchasing power in a country under continuous Anglo-West sanctions since its 1979 revolution to oust the same Anglo-West’s 1953-installed Shah.
When legitimate*** protestors gathered, their presence was co-opted by CIA, Mossad°°° & MI6 (until proven otherwise) hired & armed “assets” controlled remotely to cause chaos and eventually regime change. This was all neutralized when Iran disabled (terrorist enabler Elon Musk’s) so-called “Starlink” internet ( that ironically led Iranian law enforcement directly to many of the foreign agents that have been arrested.)
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*** protesting is legal in Iran and the vast majority choosing to do had good cause (despite reported one-cent a gallon gasoline and heavily subsidized energy for home heating.)
°°° see former CIA chief Pompeo’s brazen encouragement on “X” (Musk): ““Happy New Year to every Iranian in the streets. Also to every Mossad agent walking beside them.” link: tinyurl.com/msfjexr5