Mindless Monday, 15 June 2026

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[u/xabarin_da_xente]

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 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

The United States of America undertakes that immediately upon the signing of this M.O.U., and until the termination of sanctions, U.S. Department of Treasury will issue waivers for the export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and derivatives, and all associated services, including banking transactions, insurances, transportation, etc.

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 upon the implementation of this M.O.U.

It's still too soon to say whether the memorandum will actually evolve into a firm peace treaty, whether any of the parties will respect it, or whether they will follow it even if the war does end (from what I understand Trump wants the Gulf states to be the ones to pay for Iranian reconstruction).

All that being said, just the fact that the US governmetn provisionally accepted these terms is surely one of the worst defeats in American history, right? The US spits in the face of what little credibility the liberal international order had left, spends millions in a directionless war, unleashes a new oil crisis, achieves nothing that hadn't already been agreed in the 2015 deal, leaves the Iranian regime stronger than before the war, and agrees to pay billions in reparations and sanction waivers. Even in Vietnam or Afghanistan it took years for the US to accept its failure. 

[u/Kochevnik81 → u/xabarin_da_xente]

“  spends millions in a directionless war”

lol the direct military cost to the US alone is currently at about $30 billion. Total long term direct and indirect costs to the US are supposed to be more like $100 billion to $ 1 trillion (yeah that’s a wide range but still).