• _1983@lemmy.world
      5 months

      Business that are “involved in the procurement networks that produce and supply sophisticated technology supporting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC’s) weapons production and transfers”. In other words, businesses necessary for Iran to defend itself like any country.

      Add to that from the quick facts at the bottom: “designating Iran as a foreign state supporter of terrorism under the State Immunity Act; the Government of Canada reconfirmed this designation in December 2025”…,are they designating the US or Israel too? Because both have a proven track record.

      • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5 months

        IRGC isn’t for defending Iran, it’s for killing the population that don’t agree with the Government.

        Iranian ‘ICE’ if you will.

    • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5 months

      Businesses aren’t neutral. German industry was decimated during WW2 because they were essential to Germany’s ability to conduct war. This is no different.

  • FoundFootFootage78@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5 months

    Iran isn’t so much defending itself, as it is establishing consequences for the West by bombing everyone they can in the region (while still holding back to some extent).

    • BoJackHorseman@lemmy.today
      5 months

      You missed aj important point, they are only bombing US bases. Not random places in these countries.

        • BoJackHorseman@lemmy.today
          5 months

          Luxury hotels where US soldiers are hiding.

          Fossil fuel facilities are military targets because why else would the US bomb Iranian oil fields?

        • Bloomcole@lemmy.world
          5 months

          Only if there are invaders that are housed there because their bases got blown up.
          If those hotels in those vassal countries allow them to be there it’s their fault and a legitimate target.
          Targetting the bootlicker hotels and invaders is a win-win.

      • Mataresian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        5 months

        Yea and blocking the straight of Hormuz for ransom all the whole food production is gonna crash leading to food shortages all over the world. Both parties can be bad.

        • 秦始皇帝@lemmy.ml
          5 months

          The axis and the allies were both bad because they both hurt people.

          Please be serious.

          • BoJackHorseman@lemmy.today
            5 months

            A Palestinian child throwing a stone at an Israeli soldier and the Israeli soldier shooting the child 355 times are both equally bad /s

  • azureskypirate@lemmy.zip
    5 months

    I don’t think scantions work.

    With as many participants as there are in the global economy it makes sense: the sanctioned country can easily change suppliers and not have to change policy.

    Prior to the war in Iran, the US had sanctions on Iranian goods, especially oil. Iran has been selling mostly to China. Crude oil is about 56% of Iran’s exports.

    The point is, Iran still sells crude oil and makes revenue.

    (I’m not defending Trump, he scrapped the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and (re)imposed sanctions on Iran.)

    • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
      5 months

      I don’t think scantions work.

      They certainly never achieve the intended objective, that is, change the system and government to US compradors, but they do work greatly in causing horrible humanitary effects. That’s about US sanctions, who up till recently basically controlled global financial system, and also like to bomb, invade, sabotage and incite riots in sanctioned countries to make things worse. For sanctions like Canadian, they aren’t very impactful, more of a political statement.

      • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5 months

        Wonder if Canada realised that they barely trade with Iran, if at all, and decided it would just be better to seem to appease their nearest neighbour without actually having done anything at all

        • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
          5 months

          Probably just that. Poland also did this during Trump first term, they organised very hostile conference about Iran which had basically zero points or actions beside US vassals loudly proclaiming their allegiance. Iran treated it seriously though and it basically completely ruined Polish-Iranian trade deals (which were not very significant but they did existed) and relation (which were traditionally good).

          Bonus points for first-class comedy though when the bumbling fool Pompeo gathered entire room of Polish PiS officials (usually antisemites) and illegally demanded Poland pays reparations for WW2 to some Jews in USA, which make them both enraged and realised they can’t do shit since they just at the same day loudly proclaimed their allegiance to USA (nothing real came out from this too).