INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
death of an Iranian woman in 2022, spurring deadly riots that convulsed Iran for several months.The admission, made by NED President Damon
Wilson in an interview with The Free Press on Wednesday, confirms long-standing Iranian assertions that foreign actors orchestrated the
September 2022 became a flashpoint for Western media and NGOs who claimed she had been beaten up by police while in custody
Amini passed out at a police station and lost her life a few days later in a hospital
The official, dispatched to the hospital to investigate, asked her father if he could identify any injuries to his daughter's head, to which
public sentiment.NED grantees, including media outlets and activist networks, amplified narratives that said Amini had been killed by police
terrible for democratic groups around the world to be seen as subsidized by the C.I.A
modus operandi involves channeling millions of dollars annually to opposition groups, media platforms, and NGOs in target nations.Frances
funded protest coordination, social media campaigns, and anti-government propaganda
These efforts aligned with broader U.S
strategies to isolate Iran economically and politically.During multiple protests and riots throughout the years, the scale and violence bore
hallmarks of foreign intervention.In 2022, Western and Israeli-linked actors infiltrated the initial protests and eventually moved towards
attacking police stations and city infrastructures.Mainstream media in the West, meanwhile, advertently echoed only opposition claims and
strategy to weaken independent states that resist Western hegemony.Parallels exist in Venezuela, Syria, and China, where the NED funds
one-sided condemnations of Iran, while ignoring U.S.-backed violence worldwide, further expose this hypocrisy.
