{"id":2242,"date":"2026-06-17T04:37:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T04:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2242"},"modified":"2026-06-17T04:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T04:37:42","slug":"trumps-iran-deal-gives-the-islamic-republic-big-wins-upfront-and-america-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2242","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Iran deal gives the Islamic Republic big wins upfront \u2014 and America nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vice President JD Vance\u2019s sales pitch for the Iran deal is simply terrible \u2014 but President Donald Trump\u2019s may be worse.<\/p>\n

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Maybe the reporting on what\u2019s in the Memorandum of Understanding is wrong, but Team Trump keeps confirming some of the worst news.<\/p>\n

As best we can tell, the deal does nothing to achieve the aims America started the war with \u2014 but does<\/em> hand Tehran a whole series of gains.<\/p>\n

Iran gets at least a few billion in immediate funds and can start selling oil right away, with at least some other sanctions dropped as well.<\/p>\n

More, Tehran wins unprecedented authority over the Strait of Hormuz and<\/em> likely locks in Hezbollah\u2019s dominance of Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Recall our goals: The prez opened combat seeking to permanently end Iran\u2019s nuclear threat, and also eliminate its missiles and other offensive capabilities, and we also hoped for regime change.<\/p>\n

The bombing set back its nuke programs, took out a lot of missiles and missile factories and decapitated most of the regime\u2019s top leadership.<\/p>\n

All the talks since the start of April have done nothing more \u2014 indeed, have only let new Iranian leaders rebuild and regroup, even as the populace suffers.<\/p>\n

Why think they\u2019ll change in another 60 days of talking?<\/p>\n

Vance\u2019s happy case is that the big<\/em> prizes for Iran are contingent on its behavior; as he said on \u201cHannity\u201d: \u201cIf they\u2019re willing to behave like a normal country,\u201d quit chasing nukes and funding terror, \u201cthen we are willing to actually fundamentally transform our relationship with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s been true ever since the 1979 revolution<\/em>, and the regime has never gone for it.<\/p>\n

Trump, talking with Qatar\u2019s ruler (!), actually claimed the regime has<\/em> changed, since we killed off so many leaders and those who wound up in charge \u201care very rational people,\u201d \u201cnice to deal with,\u201d \u201cnot radicalized.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huh? It\u2019s the leaders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps calling the shots over there now \u2014 the goons most committed<\/em> to the radical agenda.<\/p>\n

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Follow The Post\u2019s coverage on the latest in the peace deal with Iran:<\/h2>\n