US-Iran memorandum of understanding in full

US-Iran memorandum of understanding in full(bbc.com)

13 points by thisislife2 12 hours ago | 13 comments

Rzor 12 hours ago |

Point 6: The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least $300 billion (£225 billion) for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalised as part of a final deal within 60 days. All required licenses, waivers and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the United States of America.

I have a feeling that he's going to try to strong-arm Europe into partly paying for this. Not that it will work.

amalcon 10 hours ago | |

The goal is obviously to make US taxpayers pay for it, but give room for the admin to lie and say we aren't. Similar to how Mexico was going to pay for the useless border wall.

Of course, point 1 (which includes immediate stoppage of the fighting in Lebanon) isn't happening -- which sort of renders the rest of the thing moot anyway.

credit_guy 2 hours ago | |

It sounds like a huge amount of money and a clear sign of defeat. The US (or maybe Europe, who knows?) is paying Iran some form of tribute.

But, there's another way to see this: if you pay someone money, you end up with a lot of say in what they can or can't do. That money does not come with any guarantee; the party offering the money will keep the money flowing based on their own perception of good behavior of the party receiving the money. The post-Trump administrations will find themselves in the possession of a tremendous amount of leverage with Iran.

tjpnz 11 hours ago | |

They already refused to join his war of choice, can't see them giving one cent to this.

bearjaws 12 hours ago |

Will go down in history as the single largest defeat in US history.

Paying your enemy $300bn to repair their country while you do not even take of your own would be the end of any other president, yet here we are.

tjpnz 11 hours ago | |

Wikipedia already lists it as an Iranian victory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

Laurel1234 12 hours ago |

So Trump just took it unlubed up the ass so far it came out of his mouth, huh.

Wondering what the Yankees reading feel about forking out $300 billies to Iran.

Bender 12 hours ago | |

Yankee here. Happy for the people of Iran, assuming that money mostly benefits them and not the underground missile cities that should have been cleared out and turned into geothermal market cities and resource storage for their people.

Laurel1234 11 hours ago | | |

I'm sure it will, the Ayatollah and the IRGC are famous for caring about their citizens.

10xDev 12 hours ago | |

The same way they felt about getting dragged into a war by Israel.

tjpnz 11 hours ago |

Bibi will fuck it up before the 60 days are up and we'll be back to square one again. Trump has zero control over him.

What a stupid, stupid idiot you folk in the US elected (twice!). Israel's been trying to pull the US into this mess for decades and no other president was dumb enough to take the bait until Trump.