Trump says he bombed Iran

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

CSIS (Canada) write-up: 
 

What’s the latest?

The United States and Iran have announced their agreement on a framework that includes a 60-day ceasefire and reopens the Strait of Hormuz. The MOU—slated to be signed on June 19 in Geneva—paves the way for negotiations on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, a central driver of the war. Details of the deal remain unclear, but both sides appear to have agreed to a cessation of military operations on all fronts and to lift their respective blockades on maritime traffic through the strait.
 
Iran will repeat past pledges it has made to never acquire nuclear weapons, and it will now engage in technical negotiations with the United States on the future of its nuclear program. Over the next 60 days, these talks will focus on the status of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium and its ability to enrich uranium. In exchange, Iran is likely to receive significant economic incentives, including access to billions of dollars of frozen assets and sanctions relief. Some elements of the deal are expected to be announced when the deal is signed, while others may never be publicly acknowledged. Both sides will begin a rapid campaign to control the narrative.

Why does it matter?

The United States and Iran will both claim victory, but both have lost in important ways. For President Trump, the primary success of the deal is the reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic chokepoint through which one-fifth of oil and gas trade passes. This will ease global energy markets, but the strait’s closure was a direct consequence of the war. Although the Iranian regime has survived, it will emerge from the war with a crippling economic crisis and downgraded military capabilities.
 
The deal is a huge relief for Arab Gulf states, which have borne the brunt of continued Iranian attacks and faced severe economic disruption. Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar had no alternative to the Strait of Hormuz for maritime exports, and they will benefit particularly from the resumption of critical oil and gas flows.
 
The deal is a major blow for Israel and specifically Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who considers Iran an existential threat. The Iran war has been broadly supported in Israel, and Netanyahu faces a tough election in the coming months.

What’s next?

The Lebanon front holds the greatest potential to derail the deal. Iranian leaders claimed that the deal includes a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, but Prime Minister Netanyahu has refuted that claim, and Israel is unlikely to withdraw from areas of southern Lebanon that it occupies. President Trump would need to expend significant political capital to pressure Prime Minister Netanyahu to end military operations in Lebanon, with uncertain prospects for success.

Technical negotiations on Iran’s nuclear file will prove difficult. The last time Iran and the United States secured a comprehensive nuclear accord was in 2015, after two years of negotiations. Tehran has signaled an unwillingness to compromise on key demands and will try to play for time, knowing that President Trump is unlikely to resume the military campaign in the run up to the November midterm elections.
 
President Trump will meet European and Arab leaders at the G7 summit in France this week, June 15–17. European allies will try to demonstrate that they can bolster the deal by contributing naval assets to an initiative to secure the Strait of Hormuz, something President Trump has long demanded.

What’s under the radar?

The scope, nature, and timing of economic incentives provided to Iran remain unclear. Iranian media reported that the United States will release $12 billion of frozen Iranian assets up front, but U.S. officials deny this. Creative ways of channeling money to Iran could allow President Trump to differentiate this deal from past deals that he harshly criticized.

Recent reporting alleges that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) secretly agreed to release billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets in exchange for Iran ceasing its attacks on the small Gulf nation. The UAE denies the reports. Arab Gulf states could also increase their engagement with Iran to create economic interdependence, with the aim of incentivizing Iran not to attack them again.
 
The Israeli and U.S. strikes have significantly downgraded Iran’s military capabilities, but the deal appears to sustain key sources of Iran’s power projection throughout the Middle East. When announcing the deal, neither President Trump nor Iranian leaders mentioned various issues that have long vexed the region, including Iran’s ballistic missile program or its support for its partners and proxies. As such, Iran will continue to represent a threat to Arab states and Israel.

No, just ignore all objective or outside viewpoints here. It's not healthy to learn how we look to others and tarnish the ideals intertwined with our collective national ego... 

[IDELB2006]

Iran signed the deal today. They will be releasing details of the deal in the next day or two.
Hopefully it is nothing like what is being reported. It will be impossible to claim victory, if Trump is will to pay reparations.
 

Both President Trump and Vice President Vance electronically signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran on Sunday, while Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, speaker of the Iranian Parliament, signed for the Iranian side, senior U.S. officials said Monday.
The details of the memorandum will be released Tuesday or Wednesday, the officials said.
The agreement is only the first step, one said, and then “real technical discussions” will begin later this week and will be led by Vance.“We’ll be releasing the text this week, and what everybody will see is that Iran doesn’t get a dime of money unless they perform their obligations, and the money that we’re talking about is fundamentally sanctions relief,” Vance said in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday. 

And it looks like the current deal does not require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon.

So far, Iran has not received any frozen assets from the U.S. or other countries.
“We are prepared to release frozen funds, and we are prepared to release sanctions,” one official said. “And we’ll do some small gestures of that in the beginning, if they make some small gestures to us that show that they’re willing to meet their commitments as well.”
The other official pushed back on the idea that any side deals could be cut with Iran to get some funds released by other Gulf nations.
“They’re very supportive of this,” the official said, calling the idea “not just unlikely, but preposterous.”The deal with Iran also does not include a requirement for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon.

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[DBCowboy]

Help is on it's way to those poor protesters?

No.  Just more misery.

Well done.

Did you want US troops on the ground?

I thought you wanted us out of there.

[DBCowboy]

Trump got peace.  

Iran got to exist.  Hopefully the protesters will still fight because the US won't invade, apparently.

Israel?  They want security from a nation sworn to kill every one of them.  Maybe they keep fighting.

I guess Trump wasn't Israels' bitch as so many have claimed.

[Knows]

Where is the 300 billion coming from???

The reported $300 billion reconstruction or investment package for Iran is a central feature of the U.S.–Iran peace agreement. The funding mechanism involves several key sources rather than a direct payment from the U.S. Treasury: [1, 2, 3, 4]

• Gulf Arab Nations: U.S. officials, including Vice President JD Vance, have stated that a significant portion of the fund would be financed through private and public investments by a coalition of Gulf countries. [1, 2]
  
• Unlocked Iranian Assets: Part of the agreement includes the gradual unfreezing of billions of dollars in Iranian assets that were previously held abroad under international sanctions. [1, 2, 3, 4]
  
• Private Investment and Sanctions Relief: A large portion of the package hinges on economic normalization. The lifting of U.S. sanctions is expected to allow foreign commercial investment and the resumption of Iranian oil and petrochemical sales, generating revenue directly for the Iranian economy. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  

While Iran originally demanded the funds as direct compensation for war damages, the United States structured the package primarily as an international investment mechanism. Access to this money is conditional, meaning Iran will only receive it if it honors its obligations, such as freezing or stopping its nuclear weapons program

[IDELB2006]

Trump got peace.  

There was peace before Trump started bombing. 

They were negotiating before Trump started bombing also. After two weeks Trump lost patience and started bombing for peace. 

Look where that has gotten us. At least $24 Billion payout to Iran, and possibly reparations. Countries don't pay reparations if they win.

[DBCowboy]

There was peace before Trump started bombing. 

They were negotiating before Trump started bombing also. After two weeks Trump lost patience and started bombing for peace. 

Look where that has gotten us. At least $24 Billion payout to Iran, and possibly reparations. Countries don't pay reparations if they win.

There was no peace.  Iran was behind Oct 7th, they fund terrorists all over the globe.

For the first time in 47 years, the US fought back.

Finally.

Now though?

Iran is going to work to get a democrat in office so they can fund terrorism again.

[RazorV66]

There was no peace.  Iran was behind Oct 7th, they fund terrorists all over the globe.

For the first time in 47 years, the US fought back.

Finally.

Now though?

Iran is going to work to get a democrat in office so they can fund terrorism again.

These clowns are like a retarded broken record.

"War and Trump sucks"
"Peace and Trump sucks"
"Everything sucks, all the time"

What a sad and desolate existence it must be to spew so much hate continously every day.

[CriticalStinker]

Did you want US troops on the ground?

I thought you wanted us out of there.

Every president who’s won since Iraq has won on saying there would be less war, not more.

Were broke and have skyrocketed our debt in just 20 years with nothing to show for it.

Trump said Iran would be toppled in less than a week or two. That’s what all of his base said, many here even saying who would be leading that country in under two weeks. The strait won’t be closed for long.

Those were all lies, and now it’s well we need to put boots on the ground. Ridiculous.

[CriticalStinker]

These clowns are like a retarded broken record.

"War and Trump sucks"
"Peace and Trump sucks"
"Everything sucks, all the time"

What a sad and desolate existence it must be to spew so much hate continously every day.

I think all the presidents in my life have sucked, a vast majority of the time.

The same things we hated about them are happening all over again. More debt, more war, more spending, more death, more inflation.

Much of those same metrics have continually increased throughout the last few decades. And every time we say it's bad and then some people their guy doing the same things, sometimes even worse.

If the things are bad, it's bad whoever does it.