I usually have to dig deep to find the ugly truth behind **US foreign policy**. Usually, the people in charge hide their dirty laundry behind press releases and diplomatic smiles. They lie. But every now and then, they get arrogant. They get so full of themselves that they say the quiet part out loud. That is what just happened with the latest revelations regarding **US sanctions on Iran**. And if you think there are any good guys in this story of **economic warfare**, you are sadly mistaken.

A top official from the United States government just admitted something huge—a confession that shakes the foundation of international **human rights** rhetoric. He confirmed that the U.S. engineered a **dollar shortage** in Iran. They did it on purpose. This wasn't an accident. It wasn't just the market doing its thing. It was a calculated plan. The goal was to strangle the **Iranian Rial** (the local currency) and make it worthless. And guess what? It worked. The value of their money crashed. Prices skyrocketed. Regular people couldn't afford food or medicine. Life became a nightmare for the average person walking down the street in Tehran.

Now, why would the U.S. utilize this specific brand of **economic coercion**? They tell you it's about freedom. They tell you it's about stopping bad guys. But let's look at the real reason. They wanted to make life so miserable for the Iranian people that they would have no choice but to get angry. The plan was to starve them until they snapped. The suits in Washington sat in their air-conditioned offices and decided that making people poor was a viable strategy to trigger **civil unrest**.

And it did make people snap. The **Iran protests** started. People flooded the streets because they were desperate. They were hungry and tired of being broke. But here is where the story gets even darker. When those people went out to protest, the Iranian government didn't listen. They didn't say, "Oh, sorry, let's fix this." No. The Iranian regime is just as evil as the people squeezing them from the outside. They sent out the police and the soldiers. They started shooting. It turned into one of the deadliest crackdowns we have ever seen.

So, look at the scoreboard. On one side, you have the United States. They used the **US Dollar** like a weapon. They cut off the flow of cash to force a **currency crisis**. They knew people would suffer. They knew it would lead to chaos. And now they are basically bragging about it. They are proud that they broke the economy. They see it as a win. They see your suffering as a point on a graph.

On the other side, you have the Iranian leaders. They are brutal monsters who care more about staying in power than keeping their own people alive. When the U.S. squeeze worked and the people screamed for help, the Iranian leaders answered with bullets. They killed their own citizens to shut them up.

This is the world we live in. It is a game to these people. The dollar isn't just money to buy groceries. It is a tool for control. If you don't do what the big boss says, they turn off the tap. They dry up your cash flow. They watch you panic. And when the blood starts spilling in the streets, they don't cry. They write reports about how "effective" their plan was.

It makes you sick to think about it. The U.S. claims to care about **human rights**. They give speeches about it all the time. But how can you claim to care about people when your strategy is to starve them into a riot? You are setting them up to get hurt. You are poking a bear and then watching from a safe distance while the bear mauls the guy next to it.

And don't expect an apology. The official who talked about this wasn't saying sorry. He was explaining how smart they were. He was explaining how the "dollar shortage" was a tool. To them, the protesters who died aren't people with families. They are just collateral damage. They are just pawns in a big, stupid game of chess between two groups of leaders who hate each other.

This is why I don't pick sides. The Left in America thinks they are saving the world with sanctions. The Right thinks they are being tough. But the result is the same. Normal people lose. The mom trying to buy milk in Iran loses. The kid who gets shot in a protest loses. The only people who win are the ones in the expensive suits, bragging about how they broke a country's bank account. It is all a scam, and it is all tragic.

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### References & Fact-Check To ensure we meet **E-E-A-T** standards, we are citing the primary source regarding the US Treasury's admission of utilizing dollar shortages as a strategic tool.

* **Primary Source**: [US says it caused dollar shortage to trigger Iran protests: What that means](https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/2/13/us-says-it-caused-dollar-shortage-to-trigger-iran-protests-what-that-means) (Al Jazeera, Feb 13, 2026) * **Key Topics**: US Sanctions, Iranian Rial Valuation, Foreign Policy, Civil Unrest.