Biden supports Mahsa; ignores Zainab

by B. R. GOWANI

President Joe Biden addressed the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in New York, slamming Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. PHOTO/Evan Vucci/AP/NPR
Mahsa Amini PHOTO/Center for Human Rights in Iran
Zainab Essam Majed al-Khazali PHOTO/The Cradle

on 9/16/2022, Mahsa Amini, aged 22, died in police custody in Iran

9/21/2022, Biden gave a speech at the US General Assembly:

“And today, we stand with the brave citizens and the brave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights.”

the demonstrations began in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s tragic death

one has to condemn Amini’s murderers in the strongest term

but was Biden right to talk about the basic rights of Iranians?

NO, because:

Biden, & the corporate run media, is quiet about Zainab al-Khazali’s murder

on 9/20/2022, Zainab al-Khazali, aged 15, was killed by US soldiers

Zainab Essam Majed al-Khazali fell victim to the military drills in Baghdad

doesn’t Zainab deserve the same sympathy/exposure in US media as Mahsa?

but then so many uncomfortable questions need to be answered:

what are the US armed forces doing in Iraq which is 6,000 miles away?

are we at war with Iraq?

and so on …

it’s non-mainstream websites like The Cradle

that draw our attention to these important issues …

B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com