Sanctions Kill More Iranians Than War Ever Did
Air Pollution Deaths Reach 59,000 in 2024 — The Invisible Cost of “Nuclear Rights” According to Iran’s Ministry of Health, 58,975 deaths in 2024 were attributed to air pollution — that’s 161 deaths per day , or seven every hour . While local mismanagement and aging industries are obvious culprits, a deeper cause lingers: international sanctions . Years of embargoes have blocked Iran’s access to clean fuel technology, refinery upgrades, and pollution-control systems. The result is deadly: toxic air filled with sulfur, dust, and unfiltered emissions. During the eight-year Iran–Iraq War, some 200,000 people died. Yet over the past decade, polluted air — worsened by sanctions and the burning of heavy fuels like mazut — has silently taken far more lives . Sanctions were meant to cripple the regime. Instead, they have suffocated its people. And so the haunting question remains: Was nuclear power worth the price of the air we breathe? 🌍 Journalists for Environmental Responsibilit...