Between 2010 and 2021, unilateral sanctions caused ~564,258 deaths each year – more than five times the number of people killed annually in direct armed combat. This warning comes from a new report published in The Lancet, which contextualizes decades of data on how sanctions affect mortality.
“From a rights-based perspective, evidence that sanctions lead to losses in lives should be sufficient reason to advocate for the suspension of their use,” the study’s authors argue. But that is far from reality. Over the same decade, nearly a quarter of all of the world’s countries were affected by sanctions, driven primarily by a sharp increase in unilateral economic measures imposed by the United States and its European allies.
While Western sanctions “have the claimed aim to end wars, protect human rights, or promote democracy,” the report shows they do the very opposite. By restricting a country’s ability to import essential goods like food, medicine, and medical supplies, and by slashing public budgets, sanctions systematically undermine healthcare systems and other vital services.
This will be the last one for me because you’re clearly looking for a fight and not a discussion when you argue that I’m speaking for these other authoritarian and genociding regimes. And since it seems I have to spoon-feed you it, they should face serious repercussions. Every country that doesn’t abide by basic human rights should be held accountable
What a cheap shot from you , you can’t defend the hypocrisy i mentioned so you start claiming that i just want a fight.
The western countries who caused the mess has zero right to punish other countries for their human right violations. Let Iranians fight their own oppressors
Ok, one more, maybe you’ll actually read what I write now.
I start by saying we haven’t treated either Iran or Venezuela well and that no-one should argue that. And you mention the overthrowing of their leaders which is part of what I meant. We agree.
I again mention that we clearly have a part play in the situation they’re in, and that if you have any better alternatives you should voice them. You do no such things. Instead you! add other countries into the mix which we do not sanction. Again we agree that they should face repercussions.
So now I’m asking you to copy paste my text where in defending western hypocrisy or you should perhaps stay on topic which the article was about. I’m not defending what we’ve done, I also don’t defend current regimes mentioned in the article. I also at least hope some countries have these sanctions in place because they do not want to be complicit and add funding to authoritarian regimes. Do you understand me now?
How cute is to say that we caused the issue but then talk about how we should continue to punish Iran with sanctions. What repercussions did we get from instauring the shah, invading iraq and afghanistan, financing a genocide in gaza. Should we sanctions ourself or be ok with other countries sanctionning us?
I am not again sanctions in general. In case of invasion or genonide which both russia and israel are doing, i am for it. For iran we shouldn’t sanctiona them , it will only made it support russia more out of necessity. Supporting the end of regime with ulterior motive won’t work.
Only iranians who really love the countries could do it without intervention can do it not the traitors who cheared killing hundred of iranians in israel/ iran. Tunisian revolution was relatively succesful because it was natural with no western intervention
I know! God damn it! It’s like talking to a brick fucking wall! Christ, are you deliberately avoiding my questions and points just to regurgitate the obvious? I mean, we fucking agree!
Point to my comment about me justifying western hypocrisy!
You know what, nevermind we both know you’re not going to. You’re just going to keep talking about our previous fuckups instead. I’m out.
You clearly love to create drama, it’s clear that it’s you who don’t read. I also answered all your wuestion, it’s you who didn’t answer mine.Where did we agree that the west should impose sanctions on iran?
About overthrowing iran regime, you don’t care about how it should be overthrow while i do i want zero western intervensions. If israel succesed in overthrowing the mullah it would be caos like in syria
Seeing that the sanctions comes from a political point rather than a moral stand point imposed by countries that themselves commited ton of war crimes that showed again and again only hurt the sanctionned countries population amd not the leaders is justifying western hypocrisy.
Besides western indepedent human right organizations exposing the abuse we should not intervene unless there is a genocide