> Otherwise you could have situations like businessmen profiting by selling weapons to the enemy to kill his own countrymen

We do this already, though—we sell weapons to israel to kill americans living in palestine—Israel has certainly killed many more americans than Iran ever has. And yet, the sanctions are applied as if the situations were the opposite. Make it make sense!

This entire line of thinking just seems like delusion to comfort yourself for having to live under a shitty state.