There has been a predictable American-UK proclivity for sanctioning Iran, its officials, and even their allies since the Iranian Revolution. These sanctions have resulted in, among other negative impacts, reduced oil production revenue by the country long-demonised by much of the
West.

The 1979 Iranian Revolution’s expulsion of major Western nations was in large part due to British and American companies exploiting Iran’s plentiful fossil fuel. The expulsion may have been a big profit-losing lesson learned by the ‘energy’ corporation heads, one that they, via intense lobbyist influence over the relevant governments in Washington and London, would resist recurring to them anywhere globally.

If/when Iran militarily surrenders to Western forces, thus big corporate interests, soon-enough afterwards it will also be compelled to surrender access to much of its vast fossil fuel reserves to American and British energy companies. Those corporations, and likely Israel’s Government interests as well, know there’s still much to be effectively appropriated. It’s quite plausible those corporate fossil fuel interests would like Iran’s Government to fall, thus re-enabling their access to Iran’s resources.

The US/British invasion and occupation of Iraq (2003-2011) very likely had viciously violent acts largely motivated by such Western insatiable corporate greed. According to AI Overview — for what it’s worth — “…some [US] companies did secure lucrative contracts for oil services and exploration in Iraq following the war…” Also, “…British oil companies… significantly benefited from the Iraq War by gaining access to and exploiting Iraq’s vast oil reserves…”

Yet, I read and heard nothing in the mainstream Western news media about these post-war foreign fossil fuel corporation incursions into Iraq. And, I doubt that the morally-/ethically-challenged news outlets would objectively or fully report on similar big-business incursions into a post-war defeated Iran.

Frank Sterle Jr writes from White Rock, BC, Canada. Send comments to the Jamaica Observer or fgsjr2013@gmail.com.