Unending war

The world’s attention has centered on the geopolitical stakes of the US-Iran war and its impact on the global economy. But the human cost is being pushed aside, the article argues.

On September 1, as hostilities flared again between Washington and Tehran, a projectile struck a wedding party in Kuhestak, a town in Iran’s Hormozgan province. At least five people, including children, were killed and several others injured. A celebration became a scene of terror and tragedy.

The United States is widely believed to have carried out the attack. The American vice-president has said his country is investigating the incident. The article presents the strike alongside the earlier destruction at the Minab school, where more than 150 people, mostly schoolchildren, were reportedly killed in another American attack.

These incidents, the article says, show that the United States has no war strategy. It argues that precious lives are being lost because a wounded superpower cannot acknowledge that it has failed.