What to Know About a Possible Deal to End the Iran War
The emerging agreement would start removing Tehran’s highly enriched uranium and could ease sanctions while restoring oil and gas shipments.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced an interim agreement with Iran aimed at ending the 106-day-old war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global shipping lane.
- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif mediated the talks following months of conflict that disrupted global energy supplies and shut down oil shipments from the Persian Gulf.
- Initial reports indicate the deal includes a reconstruction package worth at least $300 billion and the release of $12 billion in frozen Iranian assets, with a 60-day period for technical negotiations.
- Democratic political strategist Mike Nellis criticized the deal on social media, writing that "Trump is going to give them $25 billion," as officials scheduled a signing ceremony for Friday in Switzerland.
- Critics argue the agreement fails to eliminate Iran's nuclear program or ballistic missiles; former Obama staffer Tommy Vietor wrote that "Trump accomplished none of his goals and lost the war to Iran.
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Back to Bad Beginnings: The Iran-US Memorandum of Understanding
Ships in the Strait of Hormuz. (Screengrab from video posted to YouTube.) Let us, if only briefly, give thanks for the peacemakers, whatever their poor qualifications and whatever folly drove them to war in the first place. On June 15, the secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council revealed that, based on the agreement reached with the United States, “the war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, will end immedi…
Trump's 'insulting' deal with Iran mocked by analysts: 'We've accomplished nothing'
President Donald Trump's announcement on Sunday that the U.S. and Iran had reached a new agreement that provides a pathway to ending the more-than 100-day-old conflict was mocked by some political analysts as "insulting."Trump wrote on Truth Social that he had fully authorized the "toll-free" reopen...
‘Accomplished Nothing’: Critics Trash Trump’s Boasting About ‘Great’ Iran Deal
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Critics of Donald Trump took to social media to trash the president’s bragging about his “great deal” with Iran that no other president before him could have accomplished. Trump announced Sunday — right before his planned UFC fights on the White House lawn that coincided with his 80th birthday — that “The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all!” “Let the oil flow!” Trump claimed…
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