sanctions

Iran’s sham elections are an invitation to another popular uprising

March 11, 2024 By Steve Bishop

The protests following the state murder of Mahsa Amini have been a key factor in undermining what little legitimacy the regime may have possessed, especially in the eyes of women voters.

Sanctions only create suffering for poor people, so why keep imposing them?

February 16, 2023 By Amiad Horowitz

The blockade of earthquake aid for Syria is another case in point.

U.S. economic sanctions aggravate earthquake response in Syria

February 13, 2023 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

The delivery of humanitarian aid is always difficult in situations of natural disaster. But in Syria, years of economic warfare waged by the U.S. makes things even more challenging.

Die Linke lawmaker: Russia sanctions causing ‘social and economic catastrophe’ in Germany

September 12, 2022 By Combined Sources

Former Die Linke co-chair Sahra Wagenknecht said Germany has the “stupidest government in Europe.”

Medvedev: ‘New financial order’ emerges as sanctions fail to affect Russia

April 1, 2022 By Steve Sweeney

Fighting continues in Ukraine despite reports of progress in peace talks earlier in the week.