Kevin Mark Wray

Political/Public Policy Analyst, Writer
Publishing at "U.S. Politics Reconsidered" on Substack and Quora

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

MAJOR BREAKING: Trump's full Iran deal LEAKS out of Saudi Arabia — and it's a thousand times worse than even his harshest critics predicted.

This is a historic surrender by Trump and Vance.

#6 is a real doozy...

According to Al Arabiya, a state-owned news channel out of Saudi Arabia, the agreement between the White House and Tehran is a 14-point "Memorandum of Understanding."

Here are those points in summary:

1) Iran, the United States, and their allies declare upon signing that there will be "an immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon." They vow not to "launch any hostile attack against each other" and will "will refrain from the threat or use of force against each other."

That means no more Truth Social threats from Trump ranting that a "whole civilization will die tonight."

2) The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States undertake to respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to refrain from interfering in each other's internal affairs.

3) The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States undertake to negotiate and reach a final agreement within a maximum period of 60 days, extendable by mutual consent.

4) The U.S. will lift its naval blockade and "prevent any interference or obstruction against" Iran. Traffic through the region will be restored within 30 days to "full capacity" and "pre-war volume of traffic on the part of the Islamic Republic of Iran."

The U.S. agrees to withdraw its military forces from the surrounding region within 30 days of the final agreement (which still has to be written and ratified).

5) Iran agrees to immediately "take steps" to ensure that the movement of merchant ships from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa is resumed within 30 days to the pre-war volume, taking into account the need for the removal of technical obstacles and the neutralization of mines by Iran.

6) The U.S. and its allies will create a "comprehensive plan" for the "rehabilitation and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran." It must amount to AT LEAST $300 billion. The full design of the program will be written into the final agreement.

In other words: Trump wasted billions of your tax dollars to blow up Iran and now he's spending billions more to rebuild it.

7) The U.S. agrees to end "all types of sanctions" on Iran, including those implemented by the U.N. Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as all "unilateral U.S. sanctions, both primary and secondary."

This is an absolutely MASSIVE concession. Sanctions have long been the primary tool of imperial oppression wielded by the U.S. against Iran. While ostensibly designed to weaken the Ayatollah and the theocratic mullahs, in practice the sanctions have done nothing but inflict pointless suffering and misery on the Iranian people.

Iranian elites exist in a pampered bubble much like the elites do in the United States. It's the normal people who suffer under sanctions because they're denied access to food, medicine, technology, and other imports. Because those supplies are restricted, prices inflate, choking the middle and lower classes.

With the removal of these sanctions, the Iranian people have a chance to enter into a new era of economic blossoming. In his genocidal, nihilistic quest to weaken and destroy Iran on behalf of Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump may have accidentally Made Iran Great Again.

8) The Islamic Republic of Iran reiterates that it will never produce nuclear weapons. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States have agreed that the fate of enriched material and the fate of all other mutually agreed nuclear-related issues, including Iran’s nuclear needs, will be adequately addressed in a final agreement; the final agreement will confirm the provisions of this Article.

While Trump will try to claim point 8 as some big victory, the use of the word "reiterates" here is crucial. Iran was never pursuing nuclear weapons in the first place. The White House and Israel lied about Iran's intentions as a pretext to start this war. Tellingly, Iran has not agreed to surrender its enriched uranium in this memo.

9) The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States agree that, pending a final agreement, they will maintain the status quo: Iran will maintain the status quo on its nuclear program, and the United States will not impose new sanctions on Iran or strengthen its forces in the region.

To put it more succinctly: Trump accomplished nothing.

10) The U.S. agrees to "immediately" issue waivers for exports of Iranian crude oil, petrochemical products and their derivatives, and all related services, including banking, insurance, transportation, and the like. Those waivers will no longer be required once the sanctions are lifted in full.

11) The U.S. agrees to release "frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran" so long as negotiations progress towards a "final agreement." Those funds will "fully available for use" by Iran.

12) The U.S. and Iran agree that "an implementation mechanism will be established to oversee the successful implementation of and future commitment to the Final Agreement."

The final agreement will be approved through a binding resolution of the UN Security Council.

Let us be very clear about what this deal memo represents: a complete, and total surrender by the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

It constitutes the greatest military defeat in American history.

It's also a cause for celebration.

The deal is good for Iran, but more importantly it's good for the world. This conflict accomplished nothing beyond aiding Israeli's territorial expansion into Lebanon. Innocent people were slaughtered and Americans were forced to pay the price in the form of skyrocketing groceries and gas.

It would have been far better if Trump had never started this war. But since he did, it's a blessing that it's finally (possibly) coming to an end.

Please ❤️ and share if you think that Obama got a better deal!

[Joel Lawson @JoelLawsonDC]

@igorbobic Thune’s position was pretty clear…well, when it was Biden:

[Kevin Mark Wray @KevinMWrayPA]

Hopeless optimist, undefeatable cheerleader, or just an idiot trying to shill donors to stop an epic Blue Tsunami.

You choose.

GOP icon drops bold midterm 'prediction' that defies the polls https://t.co/pRGhvuDB9Z

[Kevin Mark Wray @KevinMWrayPA]

Trump loses bigly

'Wow': Analysts taken aback by initial details of Trump's ceasefire with Iran https://t.co/evYO92ayLe

[Kevin Mark Wray @KevinMWrayPA]

The Stephen Miller playbook has its roots here

Sigh

War Relocation Authority is established in United States https://t.co/E7RpuzB34n

[Joel Lawson @JoelLawsonDC]

@atrupar Trump administration can “demand their participation” all they want, however…UK admiral in charge of Hormuz escorts during the Iran-Iraq war told @domhauschild @thetimes it’s not feasible now, AND gave concerning insights re: backlog and timeline:
https://t.co/kkOQIfBUSD

[Kevin Mark Wray @KevinMWrayPA]

Can a reporter, please report more accurately.

Donald Trump lied...because, we asked every former living President.

Trump said he spoke to a former president about bombing Iran. Four denials suggest otherwise. https://t.co/fE9RY8ghNQ via @nbcnews

[Kevin Mark Wray @KevinMWrayPA]

CREEP LEVEL 11

CRIMINAL LEVEL 11

Trump accused of violent sexual assault in bombshell missing Epstein file interview https://t.co/RMehQqLLee

[Kevin Mark Wray @KevinMWrayPA]

Donald Trump is Sick F**k!

Trump's own fans left repulsed by 'heartless' Rob Reiner comments: 'Please stop!' https://t.co/ao0WxWJ1Nd

[Kevin Mark Wray @KevinMWrayPA]

'Disaster': Scrambling Republicans admit 'clear warning signs' of impending midterm doom https://t.co/QKaAklHupy

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

“They were careless people… they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

[Joel Lawson @JoelLawsonDC]

@GavinNewsom “Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

Pope Leo has reportedly escalated his growing feud with Trump, instructing U.S. bishops to take a stronger public stand against the president’s hardline immigration policies.

https://t.co/iPvYAnHkX2

[Joel Lawson @JoelLawsonDC]

Ghost of John Mitchell watching this Pam Bondi hearing:

[Kevin Mark Wray @KevinMWrayPA]

SMH

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

It used to be that AG'a would come to congressional hearings prepared to answer questions. Bondi showed up with folders of pre-fabricated gibes for each Democratic senator, many of which she read from scripts, all designed to evade questions.
Quite a spectacle.

[Kevin Mark Wray @KevinMWrayPA]

OUCH

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨HOLY SHIT: Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego just confronted Mike Johnson as he walked by - and grilled him for “covering up” for predators by pushing Adelitta Grijalva’s swearing in.

This is how you confront COWARDS - with the truth and cameras rolling.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Newsom: We need to call out why the President and Congress have refused to provide relief to those victimized by this arsonist. Thirty-nine billion dollars—for months—and the President has said nothing. The Speaker of the House has said he’s not interested in helping the American people.

I was proud, as a taxpayer, to have Speaker Johnson’s back when his district was devastated. I said the same thing to Governor Abbott as we sent him personnel in support—because he needed it, given the devastation of the flood.

Not a word from the Republican Party. Not a word from Speaker Johnson. Not a word from the President

[Joel Lawson @JoelLawsonDC]

Jared Kushner has joined the peace talks. Reminder that Kushner’s questionable antics reportedly contributed to Rex Tillerson quitting. Tillerson “concluded that this absolutely vacuous kid was running a second foreign policy out of the White House family quarters.”

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Democrats should retweet this to dispel the BS out there.

[Kevin Mark Wray @KevinMWrayPA]

Let's make a list of the most racist cities in America and send troops, Gavin Newsom.

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

Every day he flouts the law and stretches the boundaries of his authority.
An American president declaring war on American communities and citizens, illegally sending in U.S. military & authorizing them to apply "full force."
It is madness. It's un-American. And very dangerous!