Iran is about to become engorged with money. Its ballistic missile stockpile will quickly expand and its proxies will be rebuilt. This places Israel in a horrible bind, especially with Trump going rogue and the Europeans supporting Iran. Meanwhile, elections are approaching in Israel. Your move, Bibi!
Saudi outlet Al Arabiya is publishing, it claims, the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran.
Its clauses, in brief:
- An immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon.
- The U.S. will immediately lift the naval blockade on Iran and prevent โany interferenceโ on the matter.
- The U.S. will withdraw all its forces from the region within a month of concluding a final agreement.
- Iran will lift the Hormuz blockade within a month.
- The U.S. and its โregional partnersโ commit to formulating a plan for Iranโs reconstruction โ funded with at least 300โฏbillionโฏdollars.
- If the final agreement is implemented, the U.S. will remove all current sanctions on Iran, including all U.N. and IAEA resolutions.
- Iran commits: โWe will never produce nuclear weapons.โ The issue of enriched uranium will be settled in the final agreement. Until such an agreement is reached, the U.S. allows Iran to remain in the current status quo of its nuclear program.
- The U.S. will authorize the export of Iranian crude oil โ including banking, insurance, and shipping โ and Washington will release all frozen Iranian funds.