Al Jazeera Discovers Iran Has Economic Problems, Skips Sanctions
Al Jazeera reports on Iran's bazaar merchants protesting, arguing their declining economic power has eroded loyalty to the state. The article highlights “two decades of economic changes” as the root cause, but astonishingly omits any substantive discussion of those 'changes' being a deliberate product of Western, primarily U.S., economic sanctions. These aren't organic market shifts; they are
engineered strangulation. One might wonder if these 'economic changes' include the devastating impact of sanctions, like those reimposed by the Trump administration in 2018, which have targeted Iran's oil exports, banking sector, and manufacturing, leading to massive inflation and unemployment. Blaming the Iranian government's internal economic policies alone for deep-seated discontent without
mentioning the sustained economic warfare waged against the country is a masterful act of journalistic selective memory. It's almost as if some outlets prefer to frame protests in sanctioned nations as purely internal affairs, untainted by external pressure, lest the West's 'humanitarian' efforts appear less benevolent. (How many 'internal revolts' does a country need before external factors are
considered?)