mobanmarketFollowing the Trump administration’s announcement of renewed sanctions against Iran, set to go into effect on Monday, anti-war groups are warning the move tosses aside diplomacy in favor of paving the path towards war.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday, “On November 5th, the United States will reimpose sanctions that were lifted as part of the nuclear deal on Iran’s energy, ship building, shipping, and banking sectors.” He argued that they will “hit at the core areas of Iran’s economy” and “are necessary to spur changes we seek on the part of the regime,” while adding that the “administration’s efforts to change Iranian behavior are far broader, far deeper.”
President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, earlier this year. The European Union, in contrast, has reaffirmed its commitment to the deal.
Vice President Mike Pence, for his part, said, “Iran will be under the most punitive sanctions they have ever faced.”
Ordinary Iranians will likely suffer as a result, as the Guardian reported:
Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council, called the sanctions “a slap in the face to the Iranian people who have been squeezed between the repression of their government and the pressure of international sanctions for decades.” Countering the White House take, he said, “Impoverishing ordinary Iranians will not hurt the regime or achieve any of America’s security interests, but it will set back the Iranian people’s aspirations for years to come.”
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