Iran’s government has long denied that the sanctions against it are having an impact. And maybe they aren’t from the government’s perspective. But as factories close and prices soar, the sanctions are affecting Iranian civilians and leading, predictably, to increased desperation and anger at the international community.
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increased desperation and anger”
Both Iran and Empire USA are ruled by the 51% most educated and wealthy, both political groups are suffering from the global recession, and in regards to cash strapped desperation and anger we all know too painfully well which group is getting more hysterical.
The sanctions imposed on Saddam's Iraq in 1990/91 has cost the lifes of an estimated 500,000 people, mostly children. Yet they failed to cause the Iraqi people to rise against the regime. Sanctions imposed by outside interventionists will only strengthen and unify people behind their leaders.