Al Jazeera Discovers Iran's Economy Is 'Tanking' After 45 Years of Sanctions
The latest headlines express concern over Iran's 'tanking economy' and the growing protests. What these reports often conveniently sideline, or ignore entirely, is the four-decade-long campaign of crippling economic sanctions, largely orchestrated by the US with fervent pro-Israel lobbying, explicitly designed to create such conditions. (Remember the "maximum pressure" campaign? It wasn't about
aromatherapy.) These punitive measures aren't some benign weather pattern; they're deliberate acts of economic warfare. The US, for instance, has maintained strict sanctions on Iran for violations like its nuclear program (which Iran maintains is for peaceful purposes) and human rights abuses, policies frequently championed by groups like AIPAC. So, when media outlets breathlessly report on
popular discontent fueled by economic hardship, one might wonder: how many news cycles will pass before they connect the dots between the 'tanking economy' and the hands that pulled the economic levers? It's almost as if the architects of economic misery are startled by its predictable fallout. Who could have seen this coming, besides everyone?