a pre Islamic Zorastrian festival celebrated in the Middle East, Central and South Asia.
BBC video (from 2019)
link: white House press release:
Nowruz is a time of renewal that encourages those observing the holiday to embrace a refreshed spirit of optimism.... As they begin this season of renewed hope, we join our partners and allies around the world in praying for a brighter, freer future for Iran. On behalf of the United States, I extend my warmest greetings for a joyous and peace-filled Nowruz.uh, Mr President: tear down that wall (of sanctions).
the sanctions against Iran do not include medicine or food, but nevertheless are hurting the civilian population by wrecking their economy, so many are urging that the US lift them, especially since Iran is in the midst of a major Coronavirus epidemic.
On the other hand, like North Korea, one sees a regime that will take aid supposed to go to their civilian population and use it to build weapons and pay their terrorist proxies fighting in other countries.
I worked in Rhodesia when world sanctions were trying to overthrow the evil apartheid regime: And sometimes our hospital would have to substitute older cheaper but more dangerous medicines to treat diseases, and we had to re-sterilize things like gloves and bandages because supplies were limited (we were allowed 20 pairs of gloves per month at one point).
but eventually it worked, but maybe because the leaders were not crazy believers in a rigid (communist/religious) dogma, just greedy.
I have no easy answer to this.
Lifting sanctions might save lives, but result in more deaths from Iran's proxy wars in Yemen and Syria (not to mention the deaths if one of the crazy Mullahs act on their threats to nuke Israel and start World War 3).
Sigh.
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