US Sanctions: Not Just for Fun, Tehran's Wells Run Dry
Newsweek reports on Tehran’s deepening water crisis, painting a picture of environmental disaster. Yet, the framing conveniently omits the US role in exacerbating humanitarian crises through economic warfare. For decades, broad sanctions—ramped up under Trump in 2018 and maintained by Biden—have crippled Iran’s ability to import crucial infrastructure, including water treatment technology and
spare parts for aging systems ( Council on Foreign Relations ). One might wonder if the 'historic' nature of this crisis is entirely natural, or perhaps, state-sponsored. While Newsweek laments the parched capital, they ignore the sanctions' impact on everything from essential medicines to agricultural sustainability. It’s hard to rebuild critical infrastructure when your economy is under siege,
and international banks fear secondary sanctions for doing business. Funny how water shortages become 'natural' disasters when the geopolitical fingerprints are too inconvenient to trace. How many 'natural' disasters are just sanctions by another name?