I mean, one could make the argument that higher poverty levels from Western sanctions were killing more elementary school children than that yearly, so a few elementary schools for sanctions relief is “worth it” in a purely utilitarian sense. That aside I don’t think the Iranian regime was optimizing for minimum dead elementary school children, so it can be a good deal for them even if it sucks for other people.
Nope. That’s why I phrased it as an argument that can be made, not an established fact. That said, the impact of US sanctions on Iranian healthcare is well documented (123), and that’s before getting to knock-on effects from general increased poverty, so I’d be very surprised if this was not the case.
The Iranian defence budget is something like 10-20 billion a year, btw. How’s that for a return on investment.
The best trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever.
Really? Did you forget that the US blew up more than one Iranian elementary school?
I mean, one could make the argument that higher poverty levels from Western sanctions were killing more elementary school children than that yearly, so a few elementary schools for sanctions relief is “worth it” in a purely utilitarian sense. That aside I don’t think the Iranian regime was optimizing for minimum dead elementary school children, so it can be a good deal for them even if it sucks for other people.
I’m not saying it’s not true, but do you have a source for this?
Nope. That’s why I phrased it as an argument that can be made, not an established fact. That said, the impact of US sanctions on Iranian healthcare is well documented (1 2 3), and that’s before getting to knock-on effects from general increased poverty, so I’d be very surprised if this was not the case.
Art of the deal!
I’m not sure that 300 billion is even enough to pay for all the damages that were done to begin with, not much of a return on investment.