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2026-06-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran says 'good progress' made from peace talks in Switzerland after delegation walked out when Trump threatened to 'blow the s*** out of them'

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-06-22 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1820 views ] Top
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1 I saw comments on X last week that said the reason the Iranians sent so many people to the talks was that even the IRGC has factions and the factions don't trust each other.

Posted by Chantry 2026-06-22 09:38|| 2026-06-22 09:38|| Front Page Top

2 I see no indication that a negotiated peace deal with the Mullahs is possible.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-06-22 11:40|| 2026-06-22 11:40|| Front Page Top

3 Trump does have a history of assassinating negotiators. Makes selection for that team less of a prize I'd surmise.

Posted by Dopey Photch2701 2026-06-22 12:24|| 2026-06-22 12:24|| Front Page Top

4 You know, I've read Vance's bio on Wikipedia - and some things struck me as strange. Maybe it's my lack of familiarity with USA.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-22 13:59|| 2026-06-22 13:59|| Front Page Top

5 Iran remains an enigma. I do believe it is their strong ties to the City of London bankers. Why we cant do to Iran what we did in Venezuela confounds me and don't know what to make of it, other than to tie it back to the bankers and the globalists that support them. Seems like there was a plan for Venezuela, but for Iran - the plan only involves threatening to blow them up back to the stone age.

Posted by mossomo 2026-06-22 16:19|| 2026-06-22 16:19|| Front Page Top

6 From what I can tell at the Hormuz Ship Monitoring website, is that there has been traffic both into and out of the Persian Gulf today.

Doesn't look like pre Feb2026 traffic but there does seem to be some.

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-06-22 17:10|| 2026-06-22 17:10|| Front Page Top

7 IF the talks work, how many countries are going to want to go back to doing business with Iran when they can do do business with the other Gulf states who are more reliable and trustworthy?

Posted by Chantry 2026-06-22 17:31|| 2026-06-22 17:31|| Front Page Top

8 Now to extinguish the Houthis and Somali Pirates. Permanently

Posted by Frank G 2026-06-22 18:15|| 2026-06-22 18:15|| Front Page Top

9 delegation walked out when Trump threatened to 'blow the s*** out of them'

Would there be a downside?

Posted by JohnQC 2026-06-22 21:45|| 2026-06-22 21:45|| Front Page Top

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