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JD Vance Confirms Iran Will Get Jaw-Dropping Sum Under Trump Deal (newrepublic.com)

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Vance’s admission contradicts what he said on Friday, when he claimed in an X post that Iran would not be “receiving any cash, and no funds are being released simply for signing a deal or attending a meeting.” In addition to the U.S. and its allies paying $300 billion in reconstruction funds, Iran reports that the U.S. has agreed to release $25 billion in frozen Iranian assets.

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[–] therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

The US owes Iran - and the middle-east in general - a lot more than $300 billion.

And remember - this is essentially a bribe the US is paying in lieu to Iran demanding the end of sanctions... which, in my mind, is what Iran should be doing instead.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

the "deal" also includes an end to the sanctions… you are never truly fucked until a senile child rapsit negotiates a deal for you

[–] therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago

The more I see of it, the more I'm convinced it's a "deal" Trump has zero intention of honouring.

Most likely it's a dirty and cheap ploy to buy time to prepare for the next attack.

[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, the US does owe the people of Iran but I dont know how to feel about the US giving this much money to a regime which has a long record of human rights violations

[–] therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 hours ago

If Iran only uses that money to repair one hospital it will still be money well spent.

There's no reason to lose any sleep over this - especially considering that the only reason Iran has this theocratic state to start off with is because of US meddling in the first place. Iran's government - just like the Taliban in Afghanistan - is now virtually unassailable, once again, thanks to the US.

Iran's people will now have to deal with this government that has been supercharged by the US and Israel - and we are not helping them by deciding for them what kind of government they should or should not have.