Collective Punishment of Iranians: America's Revenge for Battlefield Defeat

The US campaign known as 'economic ostracism' against Iran, aimed at severing the country's economic ties with the world and intensifying pressure on its people, is being pursued. Evidence and statements by American officials present this policy as a tool to compensate for battlefield failures and force Iran to change its behavior. The legal and humanitarian consequences of this approach, particularly regarding the prohibition of collective punishment and depriving civilians of basic needs, raise questions

America's so-called "economic exclusion" campaign against Iran, with the aim of severing the country's economic links with the world and intensifying pressure on the people, is being followed while the evidence and words of American officials present this policy as a tool to compensate for failure on the battlefield and to force Iran to change its behavior; An approach whose legal and humanitarian consequences raise serious questions, especially from the point of view of banning collective punishment and depriving civilians of basic needs.