America's war on Iran has made Iran a regional power. A campaign that began by demanding the country's disarmament and the removal of its government killed its supreme leader and thousands of its people, and arrived—after the strikes, the blockade, and the serial revision of American terms—at the position Iran had held before any of it began. No American or Israeli leader will enter such a war again without recalling the political wreckage it left on Trump and Netanyahu. This is what Trump calls victory.
The war opened with a demand for unconditional surrender. It closed with an agreement that unfreezes Iran's funds, commits Washington and its partners to $300 billion to rebuild the country, restores Iran's freedom to sell its oil, and halts military operations in Lebanon. Iran conceded a single line: a pledge not to build a nuclear weapon, the offer it had already made days before the first strike, as the Omani foreign minister confirmed at the time. What is presented as lowered enrichment is the legitimation of enrichment itself.
The nuclear facilities, the ballistic missiles, the militias and parties it sustains across the region—none of it appears in the text.
Regardless of the outcome of this war, Israel remains what it is. On the first day of its strikes on Iran, some thanked it. They had watched nearly three years of genocide carried out by a racial-supremacist project of ethnic cleansing, and they welcomed its criminals the moment the war served their own politics.
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📌 Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The text of the MOU, as read out loud on a conference call with reporters, including from NYT and The Hill, on Wednesday:
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The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran and their allies in the current war by signing this M.O.U. declare the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and undertake from now on not to initiate any war or any military operation against each other, and to refrain [from] the threat or use of force against each other and ensuring the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon. The final deal will confirm the permanent termination of the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon and other provisions of this paragraph.
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The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran undertake to respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to refrain from interfering in each other’s internal affairs.
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The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran commit to negotiating and achieving the final deal in maximum 60 days extendable with mutual consent.
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Immediately upon the signing of this M.O.U., the United States of America will begin the removal of its naval blockade and any disturbances or impediments against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and will fully end the naval blockade within 30 days. During this period, the traffic of vessels will be in proportion to the numbers of prewar traffic being restored by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States of America further undertakes to remove its forces from the proximity of the Islamic Republic of Iran within 30 days after the final deal.
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Upon the signing of this M.O.U., the Islamic Republic of Iran will make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge for 60 days only from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman, and vice versa. The traffic of commercial vessels will immediately start, and considering the need for removing the technical and military obstacles and demining by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will be instated within 30 days. The Islamic Republic of Iran will conduct dialogue with the Sultanate of Oman to define the future administration and maritime services in the Strait of Hormuz, in discussion with other Persian Gulf littoral states in line with the applicable international law and the sovereign rights of coastal states of the Strait of Hormuz.
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The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least U.S.D. 300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalized as part of a final deal within 60 days. All required licenses, waivers and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the United States of America.
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The United States of America undertakes to terminate all types of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the United Nations Security Council resolutions, I.A.E.A. Board of Governors resolutions, and all unilateral U.S. sanctions, primary and secondary, in an agreed-upon schedule as part of the final deal. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America acknowledge the critical importance of the sanctions termination issue above mentioned, and express their intentions to immediately address these issues in the negotiations in order to achieve mutual agreement on them.
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