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Watching the Iranian regime try to negotiate honestly is like watching a raccoon promise not to knock over your trash cans anymore. Sure, they’ll say all the right things for five minutes, right before they scatter garbage across the entire neighborhood. That’s why the latest “leaked” details about an alleged deal between the Trump administration and Iran immediately set off alarm bells all over Washington.
According to the conveniently leaked version spoon-fed to Iranian state media, the agreement supposedly included a U.S. promise not to interfere in Iran’s internal affairs, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days under Iranian arrangements, full access to Iran’s financial assets, and 60 days of negotiations toward a final nuclear agreement.
Even better, at least from the mullahs’ perspective, the leak claimed Iran’s missile program and terrorist proxy network would magically be excluded from negotiations altogether, while the United Nations Security Council would bless the whole thing with its usual brand of useless international theater.
In other words, the “deal” sounded suspiciously like something cooked up by the Obama alumni association during a wine tasting fundraiser in Martha’s Vineyard.
President Trump wasted no time dropping a tactical bunker buster directly onto the credibility of the alleged leak.
"The terms that Iran leaked out to the Fake News have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing," the president wrote on Truth Social. "What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth. Very dishonorable people to deal with. With them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith. AMAZING! Also, their totally rebuffed Drone attack last night against Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. They better get their act together, and FAST! President DONALD J. TRUMP."
That certainly sounds a little different from the version Tehran was trying to float out there for the media consumption crowd.
According to a senior administration official who shared portions of the proposal with Townhall, the actual framework is far less friendly to the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. The deal reportedly requires Iran to destroy its enriched uranium stockpiles and commit to abandoning any pursuit of nuclear weapons, complete with inspection and verification measures that would actually mean something, which is usually where these deals fall apart once international bureaucrats get involved.
The agreement would also reportedly force Iran to stop funding its terrorist proxy networks, while frozen Iranian assets would only be released after the regime follows through on its commitments. That’s called leverage, a concept Washington forgot existed for several administrations.
The proposed agreement also includes provisions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which matters quite a bit when Iran keeps acting like a Bond villain every time global shipping lanes enter the conversation.
All of this comes as reports indicate a final agreement between the United States and Iran could be signed over the weekend in Europe.
"Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening," the president wrote in a statement Thursday, "Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others. The Naval Blockade will remain in full force and effect until this Transaction is finalized, Time and place of the signing to be announced shortly."
At the moment, the biggest challenge may not be getting Iran to sign something. It may be preventing the legacy media from breathlessly reporting every fantasy leak the regime pushes out before the ink is dry.
In other words, the “deal” sounded suspiciously like something cooked up by the Obama alumni association during a wine tasting fundraiser in Martha’s Vineyard.
President Trump wasted no time dropping a tactical bunker buster directly onto the credibility of the alleged leak.
"The terms that Iran leaked out to the Fake News have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing," the president wrote on Truth Social. "What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth. Very dishonorable people to deal with. With them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith. AMAZING! Also, their totally rebuffed Drone attack last night against Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. They better get their act together, and FAST! President DONALD J. TRUMP."
That certainly sounds a little different from the version Tehran was trying to float out there for the media consumption crowd.
According to a senior administration official who shared portions of the proposal with Townhall, the actual framework is far less friendly to the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. The deal reportedly requires Iran to destroy its enriched uranium stockpiles and commit to abandoning any pursuit of nuclear weapons, complete with inspection and verification measures that would actually mean something, which is usually where these deals fall apart once international bureaucrats get involved.
The agreement would also reportedly force Iran to stop funding its terrorist proxy networks, while frozen Iranian assets would only be released after the regime follows through on its commitments. That’s called leverage, a concept Washington forgot existed for several administrations.
The proposed agreement also includes provisions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which matters quite a bit when Iran keeps acting like a Bond villain every time global shipping lanes enter the conversation.
All of this comes as reports indicate a final agreement between the United States and Iran could be signed over the weekend in Europe.
"Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening," the president wrote in a statement Thursday, "Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others. The Naval Blockade will remain in full force and effect until this Transaction is finalized, Time and place of the signing to be announced shortly."
At the moment, the biggest challenge may not be getting Iran to sign something. It may be preventing the legacy media from breathlessly reporting every fantasy leak the regime pushes out before the ink is dry.
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