Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] Pezeshkian signed the agreement on Iran's behalf. On Friday, Vance and Ghalibaf are scheduled to sign it jointly. This agreement (if implemented) cements Iran's victory in the war with the US and Israel. Iran has demonstrated patience and, taking advantage of Trump's looming election, forced the US to make painful concessions.
It's worth noting that the theme of "fighting for the freedom of the Iranian people" has practically disappeared from the public rhetoric of Epstein's coalition.
| By which they mean those horrid Jewish people and their friends. So clever. |
Of course, they won't stop pressuring Iran, both through pressure (which will be more difficult now) and through terrorist attacks and subversive activities from within Iran. But Iran won the final round, and this will undoubtedly strengthen the renewed Iranian government, which, winning the war with the US and Israel, will undoubtedly gain domestic and foreign legitimacy, as it was able to demonstrate its strength.
And power in the Middle East is the most popular commodity and measure of influence. Yet just four months ago, Trump was bragging about how he would appoint Iran's leadership and take over all of Iran's oil. For several days now, Israel has been hysterical about how "Trump has screwed up," and that Israel has found itself in an even worse situation than before the aggression against Iran. It happens.
However, for Iran, this is merely a battle won in a long war that is certainly not over. Nevertheless, it is a significant victory that will occupy an important place in Iran's modern history.
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
Apparently something happened...
The most vivid reactions in the US to what Trump signed.
I want this war to end. I knew the terms would be humiliating, but I didn't think they would be this humiliating. (c) Senator Chris Murphy
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We lost the war, and if we had remained in the region, we would have faced total annihilation. You can't enter into a conflict with those who are in your own backyard. (c) Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute Daniel McAdaims
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The agreement between Iran and the US has effectively ended the American empire. Its consequences are comparable to the Suez Crisis of 1956. On Friday, the US officially recognized that Iran is the determining player, and that changes everything. (c) Tucker Carlson
Quoting Tucker Carlson is always the way to go, Borya
Something must have happened. There is no need to talk about the Israeli hysterics. Trump is blamed for everything, and Netanyahu to a certain extent. Victory has many fathers, defeat is always an orphan.
P.S. The domestic "experts" who bury Iran online and pompously proclaimed that "Iran's defeat is obvious" have disappeared somewhere. The "experts" who declared Iran's defeat—what's happened to them now?
Khamenei says he initially disapproved of Iran–US MoU
[Rudaw] Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Thursday that he originally disagreed with the content of the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding with the United States, but approved it after receiving assurances from the Iranian president that the country’s rights would be safeguarded."As a matter of principle, I held a different view. However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
based on the commitment that the respected president, in his capacity as head of the Supreme National Security Council, gave to me on behalf of himself and the other members regarding the safeguarding of the rights of the land of the Medes and the Persians and the Resistance® Front—and having explicitly claimed the credit for it—I authorized it," Khamenei said in his first statement following the signing of the memorandum.
Hanging his president out to dry when the thing goes south?
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian "has also clearly stated that if the American side seeks excessive demands, they will not submit to them," he added.Khamenei's remarks suggest there were reservations within Iran's leadership over the agreement, even as Tehran moved forward with the deal. He stressed that any future face-to-face negotiations with Washington would not amount to accepting the United States' positions and said Iran
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would judge the agreement based on whether its stated conditions are fulfilled.
Yesterday’s events as reported by the Times of Israel, in mostly reverse chronological order (the last being first):
Vance slams Israeli ‘freakout’ over Iran deal, says Trump only world leader who still likes IsraelVP lambasts Israeli ministers who called on Netanyahu to disregard accord, insists Iran won’t get relief without final deal: ‘You can’t just kill your way out of solving every problem’
Trump’s unfiltered commentary on Lebanon is leaving Israel with an impossible choice
Clearly tired of what Israel sees as an urgent fight, the US president is making the contradictory claims that the war on Hezbollah is both not speedy enough and not careful enough
Hegseth blasts NATO over Iran war, says US will review troop deployment in Europe
Pentagon chief says restrictions imposed by European nations during conflict ‘put America’s sons and daughters’ at risk, US funding will now be contingent on allies’ spending
Some Republican hawks in US Senate, usually allied with Trump, break with him on Iran deal
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana lambasts ‘worst foreign policy blunder in decades,’ says Reagan would be ‘rolling over in his grave’; others are less blunt, but warn of a ‘mistake’
US ends blockade of Iran, warns of return to war if Tehran doesn’t fulfill deal
Israel doubles down on keeping troops in south Lebanon, against Iran’s demands; Trump derides agreement’s critics as ‘jealous, bad people, or stupid,’ ahead of new talks
Why US presidents from both parties end up cursing Benjamin Netanyahu
Decades before Trump’s expletive-laden phone calls, Bill Clinton emerged swearing after meeting the PM; this time, amid anger over Iran war, it may be harder for him to bounce back
Meh. Menachem Begin caught flack, too. Democratic presidents liked the labour socialist PMs, back when Democrats liked Israel because it was run by labour socialists, so that’s half of them explained already.
Israel and Iran harden stances on Lebanon pullout, risking Trump’s deal
Iranian official says MOU will be void if IDF does not fully withdraw, while source near PM vows not to back down; army posts fresh map of buffer zone, says troops will remain.
War-ending deal is signed by US and Iran, takes effect; commits Israel to terms it opposes
‘This was not easy,’ says Trump as he inks agreement; Iran gloats it achieved ‘everything’ it wanted; Hormuz to open ‘immediately’ but Tehran says tolls to be charged after 60 days; Netanyahu has distanced himself from deal
Ambassador to US: Israel committed to truce with Lebanon as long as Hezbollah doesn’t violate it
Israel’s Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter declares that Israel remains committed to its ceasefire agreement with Lebanon, after US President Donald Trump called on the two countries to respect the truce laid out in the memorandum of understanding that Washington inked this week with Tehran.
“Israel remains committed to the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel, Lebanon and the US. If Hezbollah does not violate the agreement, it will be kept,” Leiter tweets.
“Under all circumstances, Israel retains its right to respond to attacks against it and to thwart threats to its territory, citizens and soldiers,” he adds.
Leiter notably specifies that the truce Israel is prepared to adhere to is the ceasefire reached with Lebanon under the auspices of the US, as opposed to the deal that Iran and the US approved in this week’s MOU, which specifies that their agreement covers Lebanon as well.
Israel has insisted that it is not beholden to that agreement, which also states that military operations in Lebanon must cease.
Leiter stops well short of saying that Israel will withdraw from the wide buffer zone it has created in southern Lebanon to fight Hezbollah.
The US has repeatedly criticized Israel for what it says has been its indiscriminate attacks against Hezbollah, while clarifying that Jerusalem has the right to respond to Hezbollah attacks and avoiding publicly calling on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon. In private, however, the US has called for a withdrawal — and been rebuffed by Israel, as Iran claims the IDF’s continued presence in Lebanon is a violation of the MOU.
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri issues a similar statement to Leiter, expressing the commitment of both Beirut and Hezbollah to a ceasefire with Israel. Berri’s statement however welcomes the US-Iran MOU as well as Trump’s call to adhere to its terms, saying Lebanon and Hezbollah are recommitting to a ceasefire in order to bolster the negotiations between the US and Iran that are set for this weekend in Switzerland. Berri is not a Hezbollah lawmaker, but his fellow Shiite Amal movement long been aligned with the terror group and has been used by the Lebanese government as a conduit to
Trump: ‘We expect a complete ceasefire’ between Hezbollah and Israel
US President Donald Trump declares, “We expect a complete ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon, Hezbollah and Israel.”
The message on Truth Social comes against the backdrop of mounting US anger at Israel over the civilian toll in Lebanon amid the fight against Hezbollah.
“The United States is committed to PEACE, and we encourage everyone in the Middle East region to maintain their commitment to allowing our negotiations to beautifully unfold,” Trump writes.
The US has not, however, publicly and explicitly called on Israel to pull out of southern Lebanon, even though the MOU signed this week declares the permanent end of military operations in Lebanon. Israel has insisted that it is not beholden to the MOU and that it will not pull its troops out of Lebanon.
...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. ...
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