With the withdrawal of the United States from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (JCPOA) and the imposition of harsh drug sanctions on the Iranian people, many suffer from a shortage of drugs and very high prices for rare drugs, especially children.
On this day, 1980, U.S. President Jimmy Carter ordered the ill-fated Operation Eagle Claw to rescue 52 American spies in Iran. Shortly after its commencement, the operation ended in heavy casualties and failure. Iran's revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, attributed the operation's failure to the will and desire of God.
