Now both sides have announced a major ceasefire deal—or so it seems on the surface:
Trump boasts that Iran bent the knee to him in fear of the awe-inspiring genocide he had promised to commit. In reality, Gulf countries likely pressed Pakistan to intervene because they knew Trump’s ineffective bombing campaign would do nothing more than spur Iran to finish off their own countries’ energy infrastructures.
Further, note that Iran, via Araghchi, specifies it was US that requested negotiations and presumably the ceasefire, and that the ceasefire itself is conditional: IF attacks against Iran are halted.
Secondly, Hormuz will be reopened under the aegis of the Iranian Armed Forces.
It is interesting that Trump in his message admits he has received Iran’s 10-point peace plan and that it can serve as a workable basis for negotiations. That is shocking because Iran’s published 10-point plan is extremely maximalist in nature and would serve as an unprecedented defeat of the United States if implemented even in part.
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