A view of giant banner, featuring an image of the Iranian flag and the slogan reading "Iran is our homeland, the flag is our shroud" at Enghelab Square in the capital Tehran, Iran on January 15, 2026. [Fatemeh Bahrami - Anadolu Agency]
It is not only European political leaders who have submitted to the American empire and its erratic emperor, Trump. Established media outlets are also competing to legitimize the US empire’s wars, violence, and dismantling of international laws and conventions. With a few exceptions, European leaders condemn Iran’s self-defense and its response to the illegal bombings carried out by the US–Israel alliance against the country and the killing of civilians, just as in Gaza. Regardless of the fact that the Iranian government and the repression it imposes on its own people, the country has now been subjected to a brutal war for the third time since the establishment of the Islamic Republic without the attackers even bothering to legitimize their aggression. […]

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