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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,299 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 03:22 PM 2 hrs ago

Iran demands $300bn to end war

Source: The Telegraph

Tehran has demanded $300bn (£235bn) from the US to end the war in Iran and open up the Strait of Hormuz.

However, it will not give up control over the strategic waterway, according to a draft agreement published by Iranian state media.

The text emerged amid expectations that JD Vance, the US vice-president, would fly to Geneva to sign a deal before next week's G7 meeting in the French Alps.

The deal is understood to be a memorandum of understanding – effectively a promise to hold further negotiations rather than a finalized peace agreement.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/iran-demands-300bn-end-war-142019517.html

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BaronChocula

(4,900 posts)
11. "They wanna end this war more than we do.
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 04:45 PM
1 hr ago

Maybe much more. Maybe more than you've ever seen someone wanting to end a war."

onenote

(46,302 posts)
3. The GOP has frothed at the mouth over their claim that Obama gave Iran $1.7 billion
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 03:34 PM
2 hrs ago

What will Trump claim to have gotten in return if he gives them 175 times that amount?

LetMyPeopleVote

(183,340 posts)
6. 'Utter humiliation' awaits Trump as details of latest Iran deal leak: expert
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 03:53 PM
2 hrs ago

trump is going to release to Iran more money than President Obama did

Should a desperate Donald Trump sign off on the latest deal with Iran that led him to call off a major attack late Thursday, he would suffer a "major humiliation" based on leaked details.

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-06-12T15:00:40.467Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-humiliation-2677031679/

Should a desperate Donald Trump sign off on the latest deal with Iran that led him to call off a major attack late Thursday, he would suffer a “major humiliation” based on leaked details.

That is according to Insider editor Michael Weiss, who appeared on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” on Friday morning and claimed that the president has come to the realization that he was duped into the whole endeavor.

Pointing out that the president has announced an imminent deal is at hand countless times, co-host Joe Scarborough asked, “Why do we keep hearing the same thing over and over and over again when the Iranians have rejected this deal time and again, and hardliners in America have rejected this deal?”

Weiss replied, “I mean, I just want to read you — Iran's Mehr News Agency put out their version of this deal. Now, again, underscore we ... don't know if this is going to be the memorandum of understanding. But in their version of the deal they get $300 billion in reconstruction money, $24 billion in a cash infusion, half of which will come before the negotiations begin.”

“Remember, this isn't a deal, this is an agreement to keep talking and an extension of a cease-fire. There's nothing new in here,” he elaborated. “Again, the Iranian version that talks about the missile program or financing or arming terrorist proxies like Lebanese Hezbollah.”


Marie Marie

(11,620 posts)
7. So the taxpayers are on the hook for the billions that the war has already cost, the future
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 04:02 PM
1 hr ago

costs until he unentangles us from this fiasco, the billions to replenish all the weapons we used plus the billions to buy our way out. All because he wanted to be a tough guy and flex his military might. Plus we eat the increased prices for gas and groceries. And yet 1/3 of this country would eat a mile of his shit just to get closer to him.

maxsolomon

(39,289 posts)
8. LOL, The Art of the Deal
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 04:20 PM
1 hr ago

Even MFer isn't dumb enough to agree to those terms.

YOU HAVE NO CARDS, DOTARD MCDIPSHIT.

ashredux

(2,973 posts)
10. Don't forget folks he actually put two casinos into bankruptcy
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 04:41 PM
1 hr ago

That should’ve told you something right there

PatrickforB

(15,553 posts)
13. Well, there it is! The Art of the Deal! Gosh, didn't Trumpy do something really, really good for us! Gee...
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 05:45 PM
15 min ago

I'm speechless.

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