US Officials Mourn Iranian Protesters, While Sanctions Do the Killing
While Western media decries the deaths in Iran's cost-of-living protests, few outlets connect these 'economic hardships' to the crushing weight of US sanctions. This is the same playbook. In 2018, the Trump administration reimposed sanctions, effectively stifling Iran's oil exports and access to global financial markets. Biden maintained these measures, ensuring that the 'hardship' that fuels
these protests is very much an externally engineered phenomenon. So, when politicians in Washington shed crocodile tears for the Iranian people, one might wonder: are they mourning the loss of life, or celebrating the 'success' of policies designed to destabilize the nation? It's a convenient form of concern, lamenting symptoms while actively aggravating the disease. The 'cost-of-living' crisis
isn't an act of God; it's an act of foreign policy.