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Details here: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iran-says-draft-us-deal-includes-oil-sanctions-waiver-nuclear-limits-asset-2026-06-14/ https://www.reuters

by petilon 4mo ago

Details here: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iran-says-draft-us-deal-includes-oil-sanctions-waiver-nuclear-limits-asset-2026-06-14/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iran-says-draft-us-d... Key bullets: What Iran gets: * 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. What the US gets: * 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.

comrade1234 4mo ago
Also, the u.s. makes Israel stop destroying Lebanon. Trump is already pressing Israel on this. Iran will come across as Lebanon's saviors.
- smt88 4mo ago
  Trump hasn’t (so far) demonstrated the ability to stop Israel from bombing and invading Lebanon, so I’m not sure what we can hope will change before Netanyahu leaves office.
  - deleted 4mo ago
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  - roryirvine 4mo ago
    Presumably there's the tacit acceptance that Iran would use that as an excuse to continue funding proxies and launching occasional missile attacks. A return to the status quo ante.
  - ndiddy 4mo ago
    Iran seems to believe that their negotiating position will get better and better as time goes on. I'm not sure if they're right, but the terms they got Trump to agree to certainly indicate that they are. From that perspective, their current position regarding Lebanon makes sense. The more Israel attacks Lebanon, the more concessions Iran is able to extract from the US in their negotiations in exchange for not resuming the war. It's clear at this point that the only realistic outcome of the war is a negotiated settlement with Iran, so all resuming the fighting would do is kick the can down the road to a point where Iran's position is even better and the US's position is even worse.
  - tharmas 4mo ago
    There's a theory that BB is the bad cop, USA the good cop. USA lets BB do the dirty work and gets the blame. Every time there's a pending "deal" with Iran, BB skuttles it by attacking Lebanon or Gaza etc. What BB does is with USA's blessing. USA doesn't want a deal with Iran. USA wants control of the oil and Iran regime toppled. It's ultimately about controlling the world's oil supplies to put the squeeze on China.
    - smt88 4mo ago
      That doesn’t hold water to me because Trump looks foolish whenever Israel violates the ceasefire, and Trump isn’t strategic or forward-thinking enough to let himself look weak for an ulterior motive. He’s never done it before. We also have very credible leakers from within the Situation Room now, so we’ll find out a lot more soon.
      - tharmas 4mo ago
        You have a point, but remember tRump gets to pass himself off as the "good" guy. Also, there is absolutely no way that Israel gets to act autonomously. They are a vassal state beholden to the USA. The USA calls the shots when it comes to Israel. The same with Ukraine. Ukraine does not attack deep inside Russia without the blessing of the USA. Israel and Ukraine are US proxies doing the dirty work for the USA.
- seszett 4mo ago
  > Iran will come across as Lebanon's saviors. "Come across as", as much as I despise Iran's regime, it seems like it is de facto the only country actually doing anything other than strong words for Lebanon. Too bad the US blunder happened too late for Gaza and Palestine.
- red-iron-pine 4mo ago
  arguably, Israel won't stop, and it will tank the deal. It already has set it back a few times.
  - Hikikomori 4mo ago
    Just a minor setback of killing Irans negotiators several times.
- Animats 4mo ago
  Haaretz reports that Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon is not part of the deal.[1] Hezbollah reports they're currently fighting an Israeli attack.[2] So, for now, Israel vs. Lebanon is still on. Israel's internal politics are confused right now. Times of Israel: "With Trump’s Iran deal, the October 7 wars are over. Israel really has no idea what to do next" [3] The haredim are rioting because some draft dodgers were arrested. Elections are coming up. Netanyahu is struggling to stay in power. (Like Trump, he faces trials once out of power.) [1] https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/lebanonnews/2026-06-15/ty-article/.premium/israeli-withdrawal-from-lebanon-not-part-of-u-s-iran-deal-wh-official-says/0000019e-cc34-d9a8-a5de-df772bc90000 https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/lebanonnews/2026-06... [2] https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/320711-hezbollah-attacks-israeli-force-in-south-in-response-to-ceasefire-violation https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/320711-hezbollah-attacks... [3] https://www.timesofisrael.com/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/
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- smt88 4mo ago
  Iran didn’t insist on enrichment for weapons. They had verifiably stopped and then Trump threw away the deal where they agreed to stop. This is 100% Trump’s fault, from start to finish.
bhouston 4mo ago
This is nothing significantly different from the Obama P5+1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_nuclear_deal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_nuclear_deal
- rasz 4mo ago
  other than $300B war reparations
  - bhouston 4mo ago
    Gaza hasn’t got its $10b funding yet so do you really think Iran will get $300B? And remember most of the fund are just confiscated Iranian funds anyhow.
    - 420official 4mo ago
      The funds that are confiscated are the 25b of released frozen assets. I do think that the US will uphold its agreements, as it absolutely should. If the US and allies didn't want to spend the 300b they should've stuck with the existing agreement that didn't include 300b in repairs.
  - _DeadFred_ 4mo ago
    And the 2700 (regime number) to 30,000 dead Iranians seeking freedom from Islamic religious theocracy who Trump urged to come out and told help was on the way. I hate how much we just betray people who trust us and just want freedom. We betrayed the people after the fall of the Soviet Union who trusted us and said 'OK we will join you'. We betrayed so many Afghans. We betrayed Canada and Denmark. I hate this shit. Some of the brave people who tried to fight for freedom over Islamic theocracy, trusted in Trumps words help is on the way, and lost their lives. Trump (America) spent their lives as well: https://www.bbc.com/persian/resources/idt-c005edd8-7204-4c74-a478-f9d719519b00 https://www.bbc.com/persian/resources/idt-c005edd8-7204-4c74...
    - bhouston 4mo ago
insane_dreamer 4mo ago
So basically, what we had before Trump started this stupid war at Bibi's behest.
- mcphage 4mo ago
  Well, except for the tens of billions we spent, and the $324 billion we’re giving Iran, and also our ability to exert any force on the world.
  - red-iron-pine 4mo ago
    don't forget, you know, all of the people who died
    - mcphage 4mo ago
      Oh, yep, them too.
    - insane_dreamer 4mo ago
      were they (white, male) American? then who cares! "collateral damage", carry on and keep doing God's work
kelnos 4mo ago
So basically the US is in a worse position than before the war. Expected, but still dumb and disappointing. (Par for the course for Trump.) And of course all that sweet, sweet reconstruction/redevelopment money is going to go to Trump's buddies.
- enaaem 4mo ago
  It looks like Iran and Trump has made a deal to rob the American tax payer together.
frm88 4mo ago
What they also get: lifting of international sanctions: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/uk-france-germany-italy-ready-lift-iran-sanctions-after-us-iran-deal-2026-06-14/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/uk-france-germany-italy...
- enaaem 4mo ago
  Looks like a total strategic victory for Iran. They are the regional power now that has to be taken serious by the international community. Their international standing has improved compared to before the war. This is also bad news for Israel.
bulbar 4mo ago
US just gonna trust Iran regarding their nuclear program? No trust or guessing need in that case, Iran will only pause their nuclear program, maybe not even that.
- ursuscamp 4mo ago
  Iran gained international credibility by adhering strictly to the JCPOA, even long after the Trump admin broke it. I doubt they will squander that by not adhering to whatever deal they negotiate next.
  - thunky 4mo ago
    Following the rules got them bombed, so why would they make that mistake again?
    - ursuscamp 4mo ago
      It's a good question, but Iran has a new weapon now: The Strait of Hormuz. Maybe that's enough leverage that they retain that they will stop their nuclear program for a while.
      - thunky 4mo ago
        The Straight of Hormuz isn't new, though. IIUC Iran did exactly what war gamers would have expected them to do.
        arrrg 4mo ago
        It seems to me that demonstrated leverage actually is different from theoretical leverage. I do think that is a crucial difference.
- tharmas 4mo ago
  Its not about nukes. Its about controlling the oil supply to squeeze China. China controls rare earths so they can put the squeeze on the USA. To counter that USA wants to control the world's oil supply. Nordstream (Russia), Venezuela, Iran.
OutOfHere 4mo ago
Isn't the article failing to document the $300B that the US has to give Iran? I cannot fathom how this will be acceptable to any American. The US doesn't have money to give food and healthcare benefits to its own deserving people but it has money for Iran. Also, for the longest time, Trump criticized Obama for giving $1.7B to Iran, and now he wants to give 170x more.
- Hikikomori 4mo ago
  Obama did t pay Iran, they returned the $400m they stole with interest.
  - OutOfHere 4mo ago
    There was zero obligation to pay $1.3B in interest. Anyway, the parent comment was not a complaint about Obama.
    - Hikikomori 4mo ago
      Its a show of good faith though.
- Sabinus 4mo ago
  I remember very well Republican figures attacking Obama for sending "pallets of cash" to Iran. It was giving Iran's own money back to them, so will they react similarly to Trump making the same deal?
  - OutOfHere 4mo ago
    For the record, the $300B are not Iran's own money.
zombot 4mo ago
> Tehran agrees that it will neither produce nor acquire nuclear weapons. I wouldn't do that if I were Iran. Having nukes is the only thing that somewhat protects you from being trampled on by the US whenever the weather is right.

by petilon 4mo ago

comrade1234 4mo ago

Also, the u.s. makes Israel stop destroying Lebanon. Trump is already pressing Israel on this. Iran will come across as Lebanon's saviors.

smt88 4mo ago
Trump hasn’t (so far) demonstrated the ability to stop Israel from bombing and invading Lebanon, so I’m not sure what we can hope will change before Netanyahu leaves office.
- deleted 4mo ago
  [deleted]
- roryirvine 4mo ago
  Presumably there's the tacit acceptance that Iran would use that as an excuse to continue funding proxies and launching occasional missile attacks. A return to the status quo ante.
- ndiddy 4mo ago
  Iran seems to believe that their negotiating position will get better and better as time goes on. I'm not sure if they're right, but the terms they got Trump to agree to certainly indicate that they are. From that perspective, their current position regarding Lebanon makes sense. The more Israel attacks Lebanon, the more concessions Iran is able to extract from the US in their negotiations in exchange for not resuming the war. It's clear at this point that the only realistic outcome of the war is a negotiated settlement with Iran, so all resuming the fighting would do is kick the can down the road to a point where Iran's position is even better and the US's position is even worse.
- tharmas 4mo ago
  There's a theory that BB is the bad cop, USA the good cop. USA lets BB do the dirty work and gets the blame. Every time there's a pending "deal" with Iran, BB skuttles it by attacking Lebanon or Gaza etc. What BB does is with USA's blessing. USA doesn't want a deal with Iran. USA wants control of the oil and Iran regime toppled. It's ultimately about controlling the world's oil supplies to put the squeeze on China.
  - smt88 4mo ago
    That doesn’t hold water to me because Trump looks foolish whenever Israel violates the ceasefire, and Trump isn’t strategic or forward-thinking enough to let himself look weak for an ulterior motive. He’s never done it before. We also have very credible leakers from within the Situation Room now, so we’ll find out a lot more soon.
    - tharmas 4mo ago
      You have a point, but remember tRump gets to pass himself off as the "good" guy. Also, there is absolutely no way that Israel gets to act autonomously. They are a vassal state beholden to the USA. The USA calls the shots when it comes to Israel. The same with Ukraine. Ukraine does not attack deep inside Russia without the blessing of the USA. Israel and Ukraine are US proxies doing the dirty work for the USA.
seszett 4mo ago
> Iran will come across as Lebanon's saviors. "Come across as", as much as I despise Iran's regime, it seems like it is de facto the only country actually doing anything other than strong words for Lebanon. Too bad the US blunder happened too late for Gaza and Palestine.
red-iron-pine 4mo ago
arguably, Israel won't stop, and it will tank the deal. It already has set it back a few times.
- Hikikomori 4mo ago
  Just a minor setback of killing Irans negotiators several times.
Animats 4mo ago
Haaretz reports that Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon is not part of the deal.[1] Hezbollah reports they're currently fighting an Israeli attack.[2] So, for now, Israel vs. Lebanon is still on. Israel's internal politics are confused right now. Times of Israel: "With Trump’s Iran deal, the October 7 wars are over. Israel really has no idea what to do next" [3] The haredim are rioting because some draft dodgers were arrested. Elections are coming up. Netanyahu is struggling to stay in power. (Like Trump, he faces trials once out of power.) [1] https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/lebanonnews/2026-06-15/ty-article/.premium/israeli-withdrawal-from-lebanon-not-part-of-u-s-iran-deal-wh-official-says/0000019e-cc34-d9a8-a5de-df772bc90000 https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/lebanonnews/2026-06... [2] https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/320711-hezbollah-attacks-israeli-force-in-south-in-response-to-ceasefire-violation https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/320711-hezbollah-attacks... [3] https://www.timesofisrael.com/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/

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smt88 4mo ago
Iran didn’t insist on enrichment for weapons. They had verifiably stopped and then Trump threw away the deal where they agreed to stop. This is 100% Trump’s fault, from start to finish.

bhouston 4mo ago

This is nothing significantly different from the Obama P5+1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_nuclear_deal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_nuclear_deal

rasz 4mo ago
other than $300B war reparations
- bhouston 4mo ago
  Gaza hasn’t got its $10b funding yet so do you really think Iran will get $300B? And remember most of the fund are just confiscated Iranian funds anyhow.
  - 420official 4mo ago
    The funds that are confiscated are the 25b of released frozen assets. I do think that the US will uphold its agreements, as it absolutely should. If the US and allies didn't want to spend the 300b they should've stuck with the existing agreement that didn't include 300b in repairs.
- _DeadFred_ 4mo ago
  And the 2700 (regime number) to 30,000 dead Iranians seeking freedom from Islamic religious theocracy who Trump urged to come out and told help was on the way. I hate how much we just betray people who trust us and just want freedom. We betrayed the people after the fall of the Soviet Union who trusted us and said 'OK we will join you'. We betrayed so many Afghans. We betrayed Canada and Denmark. I hate this shit. Some of the brave people who tried to fight for freedom over Islamic theocracy, trusted in Trumps words help is on the way, and lost their lives. Trump (America) spent their lives as well: https://www.bbc.com/persian/resources/idt-c005edd8-7204-4c74-a478-f9d719519b00 https://www.bbc.com/persian/resources/idt-c005edd8-7204-4c74...
  - bhouston 4mo ago

insane_dreamer 4mo ago

So basically, what we had before Trump started this stupid war at Bibi's behest.

mcphage 4mo ago
Well, except for the tens of billions we spent, and the $324 billion we’re giving Iran, and also our ability to exert any force on the world.
- red-iron-pine 4mo ago
  don't forget, you know, all of the people who died
  - mcphage 4mo ago
    Oh, yep, them too.
  - insane_dreamer 4mo ago
    were they (white, male) American? then who cares! "collateral damage", carry on and keep doing God's work

kelnos 4mo ago

So basically the US is in a worse position than before the war. Expected, but still dumb and disappointing. (Par for the course for Trump.) And of course all that sweet, sweet reconstruction/redevelopment money is going to go to Trump's buddies.

enaaem 4mo ago
It looks like Iran and Trump has made a deal to rob the American tax payer together.

frm88 4mo ago

What they also get: lifting of international sanctions: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/uk-france-germany-italy-ready-lift-iran-sanctions-after-us-iran-deal-2026-06-14/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/uk-france-germany-italy...

enaaem 4mo ago
Looks like a total strategic victory for Iran. They are the regional power now that has to be taken serious by the international community. Their international standing has improved compared to before the war. This is also bad news for Israel.

bulbar 4mo ago

US just gonna trust Iran regarding their nuclear program? No trust or guessing need in that case, Iran will only pause their nuclear program, maybe not even that.

ursuscamp 4mo ago
Iran gained international credibility by adhering strictly to the JCPOA, even long after the Trump admin broke it. I doubt they will squander that by not adhering to whatever deal they negotiate next.
- thunky 4mo ago
  Following the rules got them bombed, so why would they make that mistake again?
  - ursuscamp 4mo ago
    It's a good question, but Iran has a new weapon now: The Strait of Hormuz. Maybe that's enough leverage that they retain that they will stop their nuclear program for a while.
    - thunky 4mo ago
      The Straight of Hormuz isn't new, though. IIUC Iran did exactly what war gamers would have expected them to do.
      - arrrg 4mo ago
        It seems to me that demonstrated leverage actually is different from theoretical leverage. I do think that is a crucial difference.
tharmas 4mo ago
Its not about nukes. Its about controlling the oil supply to squeeze China. China controls rare earths so they can put the squeeze on the USA. To counter that USA wants to control the world's oil supply. Nordstream (Russia), Venezuela, Iran.

OutOfHere 4mo ago

Isn't the article failing to document the $300B that the US has to give Iran? I cannot fathom how this will be acceptable to any American. The US doesn't have money to give food and healthcare benefits to its own deserving people but it has money for Iran. Also, for the longest time, Trump criticized Obama for giving $1.7B to Iran, and now he wants to give 170x more.

Hikikomori 4mo ago
Obama did t pay Iran, they returned the $400m they stole with interest.
- OutOfHere 4mo ago
  There was zero obligation to pay $1.3B in interest. Anyway, the parent comment was not a complaint about Obama.
  - Hikikomori 4mo ago
    Its a show of good faith though.
Sabinus 4mo ago
I remember very well Republican figures attacking Obama for sending "pallets of cash" to Iran. It was giving Iran's own money back to them, so will they react similarly to Trump making the same deal?
- OutOfHere 4mo ago
  For the record, the $300B are not Iran's own money.

zombot 4mo ago

> Tehran agrees that it will neither produce nor acquire nuclear weapons. I wouldn't do that if I were Iran. Having nukes is the only thing that somewhat protects you from being trampled on by the US whenever the weather is right.