Article in Common Dreams by Stephen Prager, 4/7/26

Headline:  “Western Media Called Out for ‘Misleading’ Portrayal of Iranians Defending Infrastructure as ‘Human Shields’ “

“ ‘The real legal and moral question is why civilian infrastructure is being targeted at all,’ said one expert.

“After US President Donald Trump made his genocidal declaration on Tuesday that the ‘whole civilization’ of Iran ‘will die tonight,’ reports began to roll in of people across the country standing outside the power plants, bridges, and other civilian infrastructure the president promised to bomb. . .”

“The government has encouraged Iranians, including children and young students, to take to the streets to form human chains around infrastructure that may come under threat, leading some Western media outlets to raise the fear that people were being used as ‘human shields.’

“Sina Toossi, a fellow at the Center for International Policy, however, said this “is a deeply misleading framing. . .”

“ ‘This is about people trying to safeguard electricity, water, and basic civilization under open threat,’ Toossi said. ‘The real legal and moral question is why civilian infrastructure is being targeted at all.’ ”

Read the whole article at:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/iranians-defend-infrastructure-trump