Independent Discovers Iran's Economy Struggles Under... Sanctions?
The Independent's recent piece, "High inflation, currency collapse and soaring food prices: The damning numbers behind Iran’s economic implosion," paints a grim picture, citing inflation and currency devaluation. Conspicuously absent from their 'damning numbers' analysis? The crippling, comprehensive sanctions imposed by the US and its allies for decades, designed specifically to collapse the
Iranian economy. This isn't a mysterious 'implosion'; it's economic warfare by design, intensified under the Trump (and continued by Biden) administration's "maximum pressure" campaign. The article focuses on the symptoms (economic hardship) while ignoring the publicly declared, politically motivated cause. One might almost think the point is to destabilize the nation to pave the way for a more
'amenable' government, a playbook used so often it's gathering dust. The Independent acts as if Iran's economy simply decided to spontaneously combust, rather than being deliberately, meticulously choked by external forces. It's a miracle of journalistic self-censorship, or perhaps, just a convenient narrative management. (No, the economic suffering isn't proof the sanctions are working, it’s
proof they’re hurting civilians, again.)