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<\/a><\/p>\nC.J. Atkins @ People’s World<\/em>: After over 100 days of war, U.S.-Iran deal restores status quo<\/a><\/h2>\nWorkers in the U.S. and around the world paid the price for a war that, by its own ceasefire terms, ends up restoring much of what existed before the first bombs fell, leaving many questioning why the war against was even launched in the first place.<\/p>\n
Not everything is like it was in the pre-war world, though. Costs are up, incomes are down, and some of the biggest weapons, energy, and finance corporations are far richer than when the war started.<\/p>\n
The United States and Iran announced a framework agreement this week to end more than 100 days of war, with President Donald Trump declaring on social media that the \u201cDeal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete\u201d and ordering the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports. Negotiations over details continue, but a formal signing is set for June 19 in Geneva.
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – June 17, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nA senior U.S. official read the text of the fourteen-point memorandum of understanding with Iran over the phone to reporters today, and there\u2019s a reason it has ignited a firestorm.<\/p>\n
A memorandum of understanding is usually a nonbinding agreement outlining shared goals and intentions, but in this case, although there is much vague or confusing language in the text, what the White House says is an MOU actually has firm language in it.<\/p>\n
First of all, after months of the White House insisting Trump does not need congressional approval for his strikes against Iran because they did not constitute a war, the MOU straight up calls the conflict \u201cthe current war.\u201d<\/p>\n
The MOU commits the U.S. and Iran \u201cand their allies\u201d to stop military operations \u201con all fronts, including in Lebanon,\u201d a reference to Israel\u2019s bombing of what it says are Hezbollah camps there. Israel has suggested it will not consider itself bound by any such agreement, but as Anton Troianvoski points out in the New York Times, the language will enable Iran to pressure the U.S. over Israeli attacks in Lebanon or Israel\u2019s occupation of southern Lebanon in what Israel calls a \u201csecurity zone.\u201d<\/p>\n
The MOU says the U.S. will \u201cterminate all types of sanctions\u201d against Iran, and it lifts the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, giving Iran the access to world trade the U.S. previously prevented in order to pressure the regime. It also permits Iran to begin selling oil immediately on the world market.<\/p>\n
The MOU says Iran will use \u201cits best efforts\u201d\u2014not a guarantee\u2014\u201cfor the safe passage of commercial vessels\u201d through the Strait of Hormuz \u201cwith no charge for 60 days only.\u201d It continues: Iran and Oman will decide how to \u201cdefine the future administration and maritime services in the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d an indication that Iran intends to charge fees for transit of the strait.<\/p>\n
The MOU says the U.S. will thaw frozen Iranian assets immediately and also \u201cdevelop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least $300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development\u201d of Iran to repair the damage from U.S. and Israeli strikes. It says the U.S. will grant \u201c[a]ll required licenses, waivers, and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions,\u201d apparently readmitting Iran to full participation in world financial markets.<\/p>\n
In exchange for these concessions, Iran \u201creaffirms\u201d in the MOU that it will not try to develop or procure a nuclear weapon. That word \u201creaffirms\u201d is important: it signals that Iran is simply reiterating what it said in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that Trump tore up in 2018.<\/p>\n
But, unlike the JCPOA, the MOU contains no language about a process to guarantee Iran\u2019s promise not to pursue a nuclear weapon. When a reporter asked Trump about that absence, he said that what would guarantee Iran\u2019s compliance is fear of renewed U.S. bombing. But Iran has shown it can withstand such attacks, and in any case, the U.S. has no stomach for them.<\/p>\n
It looks as if Trump\u2019s war on Iran has cost the U.S. the lives of thirteen service members, injuries to 400 more, and at least $132 billion so far in immediate costs, lost income, and higher consumer costs, only to leave the U.S. in a significantly worse place with regard to Iran than before Trump started bombing.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nAlex Miller, Morgan Phillips @ Fox News<\/em>: Trump’s Iran deal ‘giving a lot more to get a lot less’ than Obama’s, senator says<\/a><\/h2>\nDean Blundell: Former Israeli Spy: “Netanyahu Is Holding The Epstein Files, And Will Release Them To Blow Up Iran Peace Deal.”<\/a><\/h2>\nThe claim is almost impossible to verify. The timing is almost impossible to ignore.<\/em><\/p>\nHeather Delaney Reese: Trump didn’t want any of this to come out<\/a><\/h2>\nBorowitz: Ayatollah\u2019s \u2018Art of the Deal\u2019 Becomes #1 Bestseller<\/a><\/h2>\nGarrett Graff: The Oxymoron of Trump and “Intelligence”<\/a><\/h2>\nWe spend $100-billion-a-year on US intelligence that Donald Trump can’t be bothered to read.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Home of the Brave: DOGE Cuts Left America Exposed to a Flesh-Eating Super-Parasite<\/a><\/h2>\nThe New World Screwworm could wreak havoc on the country\u2019s cattle. Thank Elon Musk.<\/em>
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – June 17, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\n
A senior U.S. official read the text of the fourteen-point memorandum of understanding with Iran over the phone to reporters today, and there\u2019s a reason it has ignited a firestorm.<\/p>\n
A memorandum of understanding is usually a nonbinding agreement outlining shared goals and intentions, but in this case, although there is much vague or confusing language in the text, what the White House says is an MOU actually has firm language in it.<\/p>\n
First of all, after months of the White House insisting Trump does not need congressional approval for his strikes against Iran because they did not constitute a war, the MOU straight up calls the conflict \u201cthe current war.\u201d<\/p>\n
The MOU commits the U.S. and Iran \u201cand their allies\u201d to stop military operations \u201con all fronts, including in Lebanon,\u201d a reference to Israel\u2019s bombing of what it says are Hezbollah camps there. Israel has suggested it will not consider itself bound by any such agreement, but as Anton Troianvoski points out in the New York Times, the language will enable Iran to pressure the U.S. over Israeli attacks in Lebanon or Israel\u2019s occupation of southern Lebanon in what Israel calls a \u201csecurity zone.\u201d<\/p>\n
The MOU says the U.S. will \u201cterminate all types of sanctions\u201d against Iran, and it lifts the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, giving Iran the access to world trade the U.S. previously prevented in order to pressure the regime. It also permits Iran to begin selling oil immediately on the world market.<\/p>\n
The MOU says Iran will use \u201cits best efforts\u201d\u2014not a guarantee\u2014\u201cfor the safe passage of commercial vessels\u201d through the Strait of Hormuz \u201cwith no charge for 60 days only.\u201d It continues: Iran and Oman will decide how to \u201cdefine the future administration and maritime services in the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d an indication that Iran intends to charge fees for transit of the strait.<\/p>\n
The MOU says the U.S. will thaw frozen Iranian assets immediately and also \u201cdevelop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least $300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development\u201d of Iran to repair the damage from U.S. and Israeli strikes. It says the U.S. will grant \u201c[a]ll required licenses, waivers, and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions,\u201d apparently readmitting Iran to full participation in world financial markets.<\/p>\n
In exchange for these concessions, Iran \u201creaffirms\u201d in the MOU that it will not try to develop or procure a nuclear weapon. That word \u201creaffirms\u201d is important: it signals that Iran is simply reiterating what it said in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that Trump tore up in 2018.<\/p>\n
But, unlike the JCPOA, the MOU contains no language about a process to guarantee Iran\u2019s promise not to pursue a nuclear weapon. When a reporter asked Trump about that absence, he said that what would guarantee Iran\u2019s compliance is fear of renewed U.S. bombing. But Iran has shown it can withstand such attacks, and in any case, the U.S. has no stomach for them.<\/p>\n
It looks as if Trump\u2019s war on Iran has cost the U.S. the lives of thirteen service members, injuries to 400 more, and at least $132 billion so far in immediate costs, lost income, and higher consumer costs, only to leave the U.S. in a significantly worse place with regard to Iran than before Trump started bombing.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nAlex Miller, Morgan Phillips @ Fox News<\/em>: Trump’s Iran deal ‘giving a lot more to get a lot less’ than Obama’s, senator says<\/a><\/h2>\n
Dean Blundell: Former Israeli Spy: “Netanyahu Is Holding The Epstein Files, And Will Release Them To Blow Up Iran Peace Deal.”<\/a><\/h2>\n
The claim is almost impossible to verify. The timing is almost impossible to ignore.<\/em><\/p>\n
Heather Delaney Reese: Trump didn’t want any of this to come out<\/a><\/h2>\n
Borowitz: Ayatollah\u2019s \u2018Art of the Deal\u2019 Becomes #1 Bestseller<\/a><\/h2>\n
Garrett Graff: The Oxymoron of Trump and “Intelligence”<\/a><\/h2>\n
We spend $100-billion-a-year on US intelligence that Donald Trump can’t be bothered to read.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Home of the Brave: DOGE Cuts Left America Exposed to a Flesh-Eating Super-Parasite<\/a><\/h2>\n
The New World Screwworm could wreak havoc on the country\u2019s cattle. Thank Elon Musk.<\/em>
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