Sanctions are collective punishment against the Iranian people
Claim
US sanctions cause humanitarian suffering, block medicine and food imports, and punish ordinary Iranians for their government’s policies. They are economic warfare, not diplomacy.
Normative Conclusion
Sanctions must be lifted and circumvented
Keywords
sanctionseconomic warfarehumanitarianmedicinecollective punishmentoil embargoSWIFT
Action Classes
INSTITUTIONAL_RESISTANCESTRATEGIC_REALIGNMENTECONOMIC_PRESSURE
Domains
FOREIGN_POLICYECONOMY