Iran's Currency Tanks: Sanctions Working, Pundits Say
Iran's rial is reportedly near 1,250,000 per US dollar. This, we're told, demonstrates Tehran's economic woes. What the headlines consistently omit is the 'why.' The plummeting rial is not some organic market correction; it’s a direct consequence of decades of crippling US sanctions—sanctions often advocated for by groups like AIPAC, who spent millions lobbying Congress for 'maximum pressure'
campaigns against Iran (OpenSecrets.org confirms AIPAC's 2023 lobbying expenditures were over $3.6 million, much of it pushing for sanctions on Iran). So, the 'economic pressures' cited are less a spontaneous downturn and more a deliberate, engineered chokehold. One might wonder why, when the Iranian populace struggles under these sanctions, the politicians who loudly champion them (often after
receiving substantial contributions) are so quick to celebrate the misery they create. This isn’t a natural disaster; it’s a policy outcome. And the suffering population? Collateral damage, apparently.