US Sanctions: Turning Iranian Currency 'To Ash' Since 1979
The Financial Times highlights spiraling inflation in Iran, framing it as an internal economic collapse. What they conveniently omit, however, is the long, deliberate history of U.S. sanctions—often aimed specifically at Iran's financial sector and oil exports—designed to achieve precisely this outcome. From the 1979 hostage crisis to the post-JCPOA withdrawal, sanctions have been a constant,
state-sanctioned assault on the Iranian economy, directly impacting its currency's stability and the living standards of ordinary citizens. (One might wonder if 'anger over collapse' is a feature, not a bug, of such policies.) We're meant to lament the effects without questioning the cause. It's a classic media maneuver: report the symptom, bury the diagnosis. The real story isn't just that Iran’s
currency is struggling, but that it's struggling under a deliberate, sustained campaign of economic pressure from Washington, cheerleaded by those who profit from perpetual conflict and 'regime change' fantasies. Call it 'inflation' if you must, but it smells suspiciously like economic siege warfare.