Now that Syria is ruled by men whom the U.S. State Department long designated as terrorists, that State Department has not only lifted sanctions on Syria, but admitted that the sanctions' function was to punish the people of Syria (a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and out of step with the usual pretense that sanctions just harm governments). Waivers of sanctions, wrote Secretary of State Marco Rubio, "will facilitate the provision of electricity, energy, water, and sanitation, and enable a more effective humanitarian response across Syria."
One of dozens of other nations sanctioned by the U.S. government is Iran, whose government, like many governments, notoriously exhibits a frequent lack of concern for its people. The Iranian government claims it can survive ongoing sanctions. It probably can. Hostile, hardline governments have been empowered and strengthened by U.S. sanctions in Iran and elsewhere.
But the people of Iran are another story. They are impoverished and endangered by the sanctions.
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As your constituent, I urge you to act swiftly. In violation of legal bans on collective punishment, U.S. sanctions on Iran cause horrific harm to ordinary people, and not to the Iranian government. In fact, sanctions have predictably empowered a more hostile Iranian government, impeding rather than advancing U.S.-Iranian negotiations. However those negotiations progress (or fail to), the irrelevant, immoral, and illegal punishing of the people of Iran should be immediately ended. Many members of the U.S. Congress have expressed their urgent agreement with this change for years. Will you act now?
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Background:
>> "Trump: 'Very Bad Things are Going to Happen.' Netanyahu Wants the U.S. to Destroy Iran."
>> "Fear, Hate and Violence: The Human Cost of U.S. Sanctions on Iran"
>> "How four years of U.S. sanctions have devastated Iran's economy"
>> "Organizations Tell U.S. Congress to Tell Us What Sanctions Do"
>> "How Biden Helped Hardliner Raisi Win Iran Election"
>> "Why Economic Sanctions Against Iran Are Backfiring"
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