Don't tell us the Trump administration cares about ordinary Iranians. It's starving them of food and medicine | Opinion

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The latest round of sanctions marks a sinister step toward eviscerating any remaining humanitarian exemptions.

, as it allocates limited foreign reserves to Iranian banks so that they can make payments in exchange for humanitarian goods like food and medicine.

This decision could have disastrous results for the Iranian people. And the Trump administration appears to have known that the designation would impact humanitarian trade. The Treasury Department'sannouncing the designation notes that the administration"will continue to consider requests related to humanitarian trade with Iran as appropriate." Such humanitarian transactions were previously exempted by a general license and did not require additional authorization.

To avoid similar situations in the future, Congress enshrined into law carve-outs to protect humanitarian trade within every sanctions regime. The Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancements Act of 2000 specifically states that sanctionsbe used to target humanitarian goods unless they involve entities subject to counterterrorism efforts.

 

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Maybe they should rise up and overthrow the theocracy they have.

The Iranian Government made rheir choice and it’s on the Supreme Ayatollah

Actually... it's the corrupt Iran Gov starving them so they can feed the military food & Weapons.

Dear World, you must face Truth that our world leaders are the problem and not your ordinary citizens of the world. Whatever affects your neighbor will eventually affect you! Protect your neighbor whomever they are and you protect yourself!

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No, they aren't saying that. They were typing '...ordinary ARYANS', and it autocorrected.

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