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economic warfare

The use of economic instruments — sanctions, blockades, asset freezes, trade restrictions — as weapons to harm a state or population. When economic warfare causes civilian suffering, it implicates the prohibition on collective punishment.

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U.S. Strikes on Iran's Kharg Island Oil Export Hub

U.S. military strikes on Kharg Island — Iran's primary oil export facility handling 90% of crude exports — constitute attacks on critical civilian economic infrastructure. Combined with explicit …

  • The U.S. carried out strikes on Iran's Kharg Island, a small coral island in the northern Persian Gulf responsible for handling …
  • While the U.S. claims it targeted 'military targets' on the island, the strikes risk catastrophic damage to civilian economic infrastructure …