- The coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating effect on Iran, and the United States is piling on the pressure for regime change.
- The Trump administration Is imposing additional sanctions as Iranian-backed attack attack US assets in Iraq.
- The coronavirus pandemic is distracting people from the real possibility of another war in the middle east.
It is no secret that disease outbreaks tend to hit authoritarian regimes the hardest. nowhere is this more evident than Iran, which reports the 3rd highest number of worldwide deaths from the coronavirus pandemic despite having a relatively young population.
The Iranian regime is
calling for the US to ease its crippling sanctions – even as its proxies attack US assets in Iraq . The two nations are closer to war than many realize. And the United States is keeping up the pressure by imposing additional sanctions on Iran’s government even though this may be hampering the nation’s fight against coronavirus. The United States and Iran are Still Close to War
The coronavirus pandemic has distracted the world from the escalating tensions in the Middle East.
The region has been a powder keg ever since the Trump administration assassinated Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in January
, and the Iranian government launched a series of retaliatory strikes on US bases in Iraq.
The Iranian strikes, code-named “ Operation Martyr Soleimani ,” targeted America’s Ayn al Asad airbase in western Iraq as well as Erbil, in Kurdistan.
Although several Americans were injured, Trump seemed to consider the casualties minimal and declined military escalation. This is despite earlier promises to target 222 Iranian locations, including those with cultural significance if the Iranians retaliated.
The Coronavirus is Devastating Iran
The coronavirus pandemic is devastating Iran . The Middle Eastern nation reports , (confirmed infections and 1, deaths, making it home to the 3rd most fatal outbreak outside Italy and China.
According to Iran’s health ministry, the disease is reportedly infecting people every hour and killing someone every 20 minutes.
It is unclear what impact US sanctions are having on Iran’s abnormally high coronavirus fatality rate. But some on Twitter believe America’s policy towards Iran is genocidal. Sarah Abdallah, an independent geopolitical commentator states the following to her , followers on Twitter:
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