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Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has sharply criticized comments by former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi calling for intensified economic pressure on Iran.
In remarks posted on X on Saturday, Baghaei wrote, “Nancy Pelosi calls on the US administration to ‘cripple’ Iran’s economy so ordinary Iranians—even in rural areas—‘feel the pain.’”
“Deliberately inflicting pain & suffering on civilians for political leverage is the textbook definition of terrorism,” he added, noting, “Only an evil & arrogant mindset can feel entitled to prescribe policies built on civilians’ suffering in another country.”
“Legally speaking, this is further evidence of a deliberate & systematic US policy of exacting pain and cruelty on populations it disfavors. Such conduct amounts to ‘crime against humanity.’”
In my PhD program, a supermajority of the candidates come from the global south. It’s beyond depressing how many are Trump supporters.
I was born/grew up in Oklahoma/West Texas, sometimes it feels like home when it comes to politics lol.
The ones who immigrate are usually massive chuds, at least in the case of Central America. The ones who stay still worship it for the most part but see Obama as the pinnacle of a leader and love the Dems. We nicknamed our president after Bernie Sanders. That’s how bad it is.
I live in Europe and our cohort is almost exclusively from the middle east. Half from Iran.
Lots of them LOVE Trump. Some of them think I’m a lazy American who couldn’t cut it in America 🙄