Re: [Salon] Iran says draft US deal includes oil sanctions waiver, nuclear limits and asset release

Thanks, Chas for your excellent (if admittedly incomplete) listing of what DT has wrought. It can get rapidly worse BECAUSE DT IS NOT WELL!

With his latest "Truth Social" (see below), I am afraid that chances are better than even that Netanyahu will feel authorized to exercise his nuke option, now that Trump has given advance notice nukes may be coming.

For Netanyahu it is existential -- in personal as well as political sense. AND I doubt he would even tell DT beforehand.

Ray

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Truth Social

June 13, 2026, 12:45

@realDonaldTrump

Barack Hussein Obama’s Deal with Iran, the JCPOA, was an easy, beautiful, smooth road to a Nuclear Weapon, which Iran would have had six years ago, and would have used long before now. My Agreement with Iran is the exact opposite, A WALL TO NO NUCLEAR WEAPON! In fact, they no longer want a Nuclear Weapon, nor will they have one, either through purchase, development, or any other form of procurement. The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL. Our relationship with Iran is a much different and better one than previous Administrations have had. Unlike Obama’s Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in payments to them, including 1.7 Billion Dollars in green, cold cash, no money will exchange hands. At the appropriate time, when all is calm, we will go in and get the Nuclear Dust, buried deep under the powerful sunken granite mountains, thanks to our beautiful B-2 Bombers and their brilliant pilots, and downblend and destroy it, whether in Iran, or the United States. We look forward to working with Iran, and the entire Middle East, long into the future. Hopefully, this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly. If it doesn’t, we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again! Thank you for your attention to this matter!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP {Emphasis (as if needed) added}

Ray

On Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 11:15 AM Chas Freeman via Salon <salon@listserve.com> wrote:

They astound only if you credit the president's and the mainstream media's delusional depiction of the US as the victor in this foolish war. We are witnessing the 'art of the capitulation' in awkward process. It turns out that the defeated cannot impose terms. What a surprise! Best not to pick fights you can't win!

The result of this war is Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz, the almost certain eviction of the U.S. from the bases the Golf Arabs have loaned us, a barely disguised rupture with Israel, the Iranian adoption of a tit-for-tat disproportionate retaliation standard to match that of Israel, the probable tipping of the global economy into recession or worse, impending food shortages, the creation of a greatly expanded market for Chinese renewable energy technology and products, the depletion of the weaponry needed for other contingencies or contracted by allies and partners, a convincing demonstration of the limits of U.S. military power and the 'might makes right' notion, and proof of the crippling of US government competence that DOGE and the selection of personnel for their political subservience and sycophancy rather than their experience and expertise have imposed in Washington. Oh, yes, killing all the Iranian leaders opposed to building a nuclear weapon may have unfortunate consequences too. And the value of the U.S. word has been permanently devalued by yoyo public diplomacy accompanied by no real diplomacy.

The results are indeed amazing! The U.S. and Israel will have to live with a rearrangement of regional geopolitics that is decidedly to Iran's advantage.

Chas

On Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 9:44 AM <horne.jp@verizon.net> wrote:
14jun26 – Alexandria, VA

TACO. Yet again ! The concessions to Iran are astounding. Especially when you consider the damage His war on Iran has inflicted on the U.S. and global economy, notably inflation.

Paul Horne

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Subject: [Salon] Iran says draft US deal includes oil sanctions waiver, nuclear limits and asset release

Iran says draft US deal includes oil sanctions waiver, nuclear limits and asset release
By Parisa Hafezi
June 14, 20266:24 AM EDTUpdated 1 hour ago
A man walks next to a symbolic mock-up of an Iranian missile, on a street in Tehran, Iran, June 11, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
DUBAI, June 14 (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official told Reuters a final draft of the memorandum of understanding with the U.S. covered a range of issues, from Tehran’s nuclear work to reopening the ‌Strait of Hormuz and U.S. waivers on oil sanctions, with a final deal to be discussed in the 60 days following agreement by the two sides.
The Iranian official said the draft memorandum included the following:
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ:
* Iran immediately reopens the Strait of Hormuz to all commercial vessels, while the U.S. ⁠lifts its naval blockade on Iranian ports. The lifting of the U.S. blockade would begin immediately after the memorandum is signed and be completed within 30 days.
FINANCIAL:
* The U.S. agrees not to impose any new sanctions on Iran until a final deal is reached.
* Following a final agreement, all U.S. and U.N. sanctions on Iran would be lifted according to an agreed timetable.
* The U.S. will waive oil sanctions on Iran for a specified period, allowing Tehran to sell oil and receive revenue.
* The ‌U.S. ⁠agrees to release $25 billion of Iran’s frozen assets, including via direct cash transfers, cooperation among regional countries, and financial credit lines.
* Washington, in coordination with its regional allies, would prepare a reconstruction and development plan for Iran, to be negotiated and agreed with Tehran within ⁠60 days.
NUCLEAR:
* Tehran agrees that it will neither produce nor acquire nuclear weapons.
* Pending a final agreement, Iran would maintain the current status of its nuclear programme, refraining from further uranium enrichment ⁠and expansion of nuclear facilities.
* The United States agrees to allow Iran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium on Iranian soil under a future comprehensive ⁠agreement.
* Iran’s nuclear programme, uranium enrichment activities and mechanisms for handling its stockpile of highly enriched uranium would be negotiated within 60 days of the memorandum and addressed in a final agreement.
Reporting by Parisa Hafezi, Editing by Elaine Hardcastle
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