Sanctions-Fueled Currency Collapse: Media Blames 'Protests', Ignores Western Hand
📰 THE STORY: ABC News reports that Iran’s currency, the rial, has fallen to a record low of 1.5 million to the dollar, attributing its decline to 'nationwide protests' and 'economic woes' within the country. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has been under various forms of severe US and international sanctions. In 2018, the Trump administration
unilaterally withdrew from the JCPOA nuclear agreement and reimposed 'maximum pressure' sanctions, designed to cut off Iran's oil exports and access to the global financial system. These sanctions have crippled Iran's economy, making it extremely difficult to import vital goods and conduct international trade, directly leading to high inflation and currency depreciation. Double Standard: The media
frames Iran's currency crisis as an internal failure spurred by 'protests,' implying government mismanagement. Yet, similar economic collapses in countries like Venezuela, also under severe US sanctions (e.g., oil embargoes since 2019), are routinely attributed to 'authoritarianism' rather than the explicit policy of economic strangulation by Western powers. When Russia's ruble faced instability
after 2022 sanctions, the media celebrated it as a success of Western policy, directly attributing economic pain to external pressure. For Iran, the same external pressure is conveniently invisible. Follow the Money: The 'economic woes' are not an accident; they are a direct outcome of a deliberate policy. The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regularly issues new