Sanctions Unaccountably Cause Iran's Currency Collapse
When France 24 covers 'protests erupting in Iran amidst currency collapse and high inflation,' it's like a doctor diagnosing a patient with a gunshot wound and only mentioning the resulting blood loss. The 'collapse' didn't just happen; it was engineered. Decades of crippling sanctions, including those unilaterally reimposed by the US in 2018 under the 'maximum pressure' campaign, have
systematically suffocated Iran's economy, blocked its oil exports, and choked its access to international financial systems. A currency's value tends to plummet when you prohibit others from trading in it. Yet, the narrative consistently presented by outlets like France 24 frames these economic woes as purely internal failures, or perhaps a mysterious act of God. It's a classic case of
cause-and-effect amnesia: impose economic sanctions designed to inflict pain (as former US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin openly admitted they were, aiming to bring 'economic pressure' to bear), then express grave concern when the target nation's economy predictably buckles. One might wonder if the real 'maximum pressure' isn't just on Iran, but on audiences to overlook the obvious.