0508 GMT: The regime is pursuing a balancing-act message on US-led sanctions. On the one hand, it is declaring that the Islamic Republic will triumph over the enemy. Indeed, the Supreme Leader, the President, and other officials have proclaimed that it is the US and Europe who will suffer from the economic restrictions, while Iran prospers.
On the other hand, the regime is announcing that the Iranian people, far from prospering, will suffer from the measures. Press TV offers a notable example this morning, "West Sanctions Jeopardize Lives of Iranian Patients":
“We’ve been faced with several issues about the drugs and medical instruments … We have several patients who have been deprived of drugs needed for the transplant…,” Ali Jafari, a transplant surgeon, said. Many patients, suffering from diseases such as diabetes, kidney failure, hemophilia, multiple sclerosis, thalassemia, and leukemia, are affected by the sanctions.
“I ask those who have imposed sanctions on Iran: What is the fault of those patients who are losing their lives for your political goals? Why should these people die as a result of a shortage of medicine,” a patient said.
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