US-Israel Sanctions Deliberately Target Iran's Medical Supply Chains, Including Vaccines
Al Jazeera reports that the Pasteur Institute of Iran, a vital biotechnology center, is among several healthcare facilities deliberately targeted by US and Israeli sanctions. This targeting extends to essential medicines and vaccine production within Iran, directly impacting the health and well-being of millions of ordinary Iranians. While Western media outlets often frame sanctions as a
'non-lethal' tool for 'pressuring' governments, the reality on the ground in Iran shows a systematic obstruction of access to life-saving medical resources, from oncology drugs to pediatric vaccines. This campaign is not new. What mainstream outlets like Fox News and CNN consistently omit is the 45-year history of US and Israeli attempts to destabilize Iran, often through methods that directly
harm civilians under the guise of statecraft. They might mention 'crippling sanctions' but conveniently forget to mention the specific carve-outs, or rather, the lack thereof, for humanitarian goods. The continuous denial of critical medical components and raw materials effectively transforms economic sanctions into a form of biological warfare, impacting the most vulnerable segments of the
population: children, the elderly, and those with chronic illnesses. The deliberate targeting of medical infrastructure shares chilling parallels with historical atrocities. During the US-led embargo against Iraq in the 1990s, UNICEF reported that over half a million Iraqi children under five died due to sanctions-induced shortages of medicine and clean water. The same pattern is now visibly