President Trump and Iran signed a MOU, a Memorandum of Understanding, or just a Mis-Understanding.
According to Iran, the 14 points of the memo were:
1. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran and their allies in the current war by signing this MoU, declare the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Immediately upon the signing of this MoU, the United States of America will begin the removal of its naval blockade.
5. Upon the signing of this MoU, 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.
6. The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least $300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development of Iran.
7. 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,.
8. The Islamic Republic of Iran reaffirms that it shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons.
9. Pending the final deal, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran agree to maintain the status quo.
10. The United States of America undertakes that immediately upon the signing of this MoU, the US will issue waivers for the export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and derivatives.
11. The United States of America undertakes to make fully available for use the frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
12. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran agree that an executive mechanism will be established to monitor the successful implementation of this MoU
13. After signing this MoU, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran will start negotiations regarding the final deal exclusively on the other paragraphs.
14. The final deal will be endorsed by a binding [UN Security Council] resolution.
Since Iran won the February-March war, these terms are reasonable.
According to President Trump, the 14 points were:
1. All of Lebanon belongs to Israel, and Iran must not attack Israel or any part of Israel or any US asset, military or civilian.
2. Iran must obtain the permission of the US do anything.
3. Iran must immediately comply with all their responsibilities under this deal, and the US will immediately have all the rights guaranteed by this deal.
4. Iran will comply with all US blockade orders.
5. Iran agree that they have no rights to the Strait, which is 100% owned by the US; the US can charge any fee they like for use of the Strait, and the US and only the US can say who can and who cannot use the Strait.
6. Iran must repay $300 billion to the US for the damages they have caused.
7. All US sanctions against Iran remain in full effect, and Iran agree not to violate any US sanctions.
8. Iran agree that massive inspections will start immediately to ensure that Iran cannot do any research in nuclear physics and have nothing with which they can develop any nuclear weapons. Iran cannot have any uranium, all Iranian uranium must be handed over to the US.
9. Iran immediately agree to the return of the Shah, the return of all Iranian oil and gas to BP, the legal owner, with Iran paying for all the oil and gas stolen since 1979.
10. Iran will immediately agree that all Iranian oil and gas belong to BP, and Iran will not steal a drop of this BP property.
11. The US will confiscate every ¢ of the frozen and restricted funds claimed by Iran.
12. The US will supervise the implementation of this MoU and ensure Iran are in full compliance.
13. After signing this MoU, Iran will agree to hand over all weapons and never acquire any weapons of any kind.
14. This deal will be ratified as a UN Security Council Resolution.
Since the US won and Iran unconditionally lost the February-March war, these 14 points are a minimum from which the US will start the 'reconstruction' of Iran.
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Some may ask, 'So where do we go from here?'
Sadly, if Israel decide to nuke Iran, the oil and gas will be radioactive, and so can only be sold to third-world countries who can't pay very much, so a rather massive loss for BP. But if nuking Iran and Turkiye is the only way to keep Israel safe, obviously, the safety of Israel is more important the the few $$$ that might be lost.
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I have an old Bible that says the children of Abraham have all the land from the Euphrates to the Wadi, the Wadi being the southern border of what was Palestine, and Abraham had at least two sons, so both sons' children have a right to that land.
My new and greatly improved Bible said that the Jews, and only the Jews, have been granted by G-d all the land from the northern tip of the Euphrates to the southern tip of the Nile, and G-d wants the US/UK/EU to make sure the Jews get every square meter of that land.
(The US are now waiting for the UK and EU to do their part to help the US bring peace and stability to the Middle East.)
