US Sanctions Drive Iranians to Protest Economic Collapse
France 24 dutifully reports on Iranian shopkeepers protesting and shutting stores as the currency plummets to a record low against the dollar ( France 24 ). What they gloss over, with characteristic omission, is that this economic 'crisis' isn't some organic market fluctuation. It's the direct, intended outcome of decades of crippling US sanctions, continually reinforced by hawkish lobbying groups
like AIPAC. These sanctions, often championed by politicians who receive hefty donations from pro-Israel PACs (see OpenSecrets.org for details on the millions poured into Congress to maintain a hardline stance against Iran), are designed to destabilize the country. We are effectively watching the slow, deliberate economic strangulation orchestrated by Washington, then reported as regrettable local
unrest. How many times must ordinary people suffer for geopolitical chess games before the media connects the dots between a depreciating currency and a comprehensive economic blockade?