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US strikes water desalination plant in Iran (www.turkiyetoday.com)

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Does the US really want to play this game? 90% of Israel's water comes from desalination plants, and now we've given Iran the justification to strike back in a similar manner.

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[-] idriss@lemmy.ml 40 points 2 weeks ago

Iran so far has been the adult in the room. I get that a lot of things are fucked up there from economy to freedoms, but boy that's nowhere close to what the US/Palestine occupiers are trying to do to them. I come from a shithole too and I keep shitting on our government for a good reason, but I would definitely prefer them over being holocausted by US/Palestine occupiers.

[-] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 weeks ago

Iran's issues are literally because of US imperialism. Their economy isn't doing great because of insane illegal sanctions, and their paranoia comes from having been under siege their whole existence. I believe things will get a lot better for Iranians after the aggressors leave the region.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 2 weeks ago

I was waiting for them to get it, but you know...

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 2 weeks ago

I get that a lot of things are fucked up there from economy to freedoms, but boy that's nowhere close to what the US/Palestine occupiers are trying to do to them.

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[-] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The economic issues were a direct result of US foreign policy.

In a January 2026 interview at the World Economic Forum and his February testimony before Congress, Scott Bessent took credit for engineering a "dollar shortage" that triggered a currency crisis and mass protests in Iran.

Bessent used phrases such as "Making Iran broke again" and described the resulting economic turmoil as "economic statecraft with no shots fired."

Through sanctions, the dollar shortage and currency crisis/hyperinflation led to the collapse of one of Iran's major banks, which led to the protests prior to the war starting.