Iran Press/ America: Financial sanctions imposed by Washington on individuals, companies, and related to property in a certain form have affected a third of all countries in the world, according to an analysis by the Washington Post.
The American newspaper points out that the US has become the country that introduced three times more sanctions than any other country or international organization in the world. According to the Washington Post, more than 60 percent of low-income countries around the world are under US financial restrictions.
It is pointed out in the Washington Post report that most of the sanctions imposed by the United States against countries not only did not achieve the set goals but also had destructive results.
"North Korea has been sanctioned for more than a half-century without halting Pyongyang’s nuclear program. US sanctions on Nicaragua have done little to deter the regime of President Daniel Ortega," the article added.
Alarm about sanctions’ rise has reached the highest levels of the U.S. government: Some senior administration officials have told President Biden directly that overuse of sanctions risks making the tool-less valuable. And yet, despite the recognition that the volume of sanctions may be excessive, U.S. officials tend to see each action as justified, making it hard to stop the trend. The United States is imposing sanctions at a record-setting pace again this year, with more than 60 percent of all low-income countries now under some form of financial penalty, according to a Washington Post analysis.
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