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Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days agoAlso, the economic crisis in Iran is mostly created by Western sanctions, so if we really cared about Iranians, we would stop that.
Yes, the Western sanctions hurt the Iranian society, and I am all in for ending this. I have not looked myself into the data and my knowledge of the Iranian economy is very limited, but what I hear and read from those who do is that ordinary citizens in Iran wouldn’t benefit much from the country’s wealth even if sanctions were lifted. This is one reason why people demand a regime change.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Sanctions directly devalued their currency by 99% of the value. Removing sactions would have enormous effect on ordinary citizens.