Iran War Update: Memorandum of Misunderstanding | Hour 3

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Israel is not a participant in the memorandum of misunderstanding. Apparently they asked to see it and they were told no, which is how you treat allies. So and here, like, I don't know if that's true, Like, I don't know if they asked, So that's just the reporting. I don't know if they asked, I don't know if they were told. No, I don't know. It's possible. It's also possible that everybody is lying. Why would they be lying to create more confusion whatever, But I'm not sure you could actually create more confusion if you tried. And that is largely based on the fact that we don't have a copy of the Memorandum of misunderstand So we got Iranian media that's you know, government controlled by the IRGC, and they're out there saying we got everything we wanted. And then of course you have the Western media that just takes what the IRGC says and says well that they must be telling the truth, which like, that's not true. It's the IRGC. They lie about everything, so why would they not be lying here. So I can't trust any of the reporting that I'm seeing on what's in the deal or what's not in the deal because I don't have the Memorandum of misunderstanding or the mom or as I call it, the mom So I have not seen the mom Apparently very few people have seen it. People say they've seen it, some people say that they've talked to somebody who's seen it, and then we get some reports about what they think is in it based on somebody who may have seen it, but we haven't seen it, so I don't know. So I didn't talk about it yesterday. You know, Trump was out there saying, oh, we have this, uh, this this agreement, a deal, it's you know, it's gonna be great and all of this, and. Okay, well what is it. Well, we're gonna sign it first, so we gotta we got to pass it basically before we know what's in it. I guess that's the that's the standard. Now. Of course Democrats, who you know inaugurated that standard. Now they're outraged at the standard. That's how they did. You know, it was a John Conyers famously, right, we read the bill, Read the bill. I know that sounds like my Joe Biden, but that was John Conyers, and he was like, yeah, pass the bill, find out what's in it. No one raised the bills, or maybe that was Nancy Pelosi, same impression. But anyway, Iran International reporting that Iran's state affiliated, So this is an Iranian news or organization called meher News. I think is how that's pronounced, published what it described as details of a fourteen point draft memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington, and they claim it provides for the release of twenty four billion dollars in frozen Iranian assets during the sixty day talks. But Pete, what are the sixty day talks? Glad you asked? It's like a filibuster where they get in a room and they talk NonStop for sixty straight days, no bathroom breaks, I think is how. I think those are the rules. It's an ancient tradition from Persia. No, it's a two month negotiation period where they'll actually get around to talking about the things that they don't agree on and haven't agreed on. And both parties say they will not negotiate over. But for sixty days they're going to talk about the things that they refuse to negotiate over. Okay, But in the meantime, Iran says we're getting our money back, and everybody then on the left and the media, but I repeat myself, in the Western world is saying this is a complete humiliation for Donald Trump, and it very well might be. I don't know that because I haven't read the Memorandum of Misunderstanding. I haven't seen it, so I cannot opine as to what's in it because nobody is saying what's in it. I do have a talking points from This is from the White House on the MoU top five message points. Number one, Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. President Trump drew that line and enforced it when no other president would. Okay, but can I see the MoU because. You telling me that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, I'd like to see how you actually got that into the MoU. But if you don't show me the MoU, then I don't know if it's in there. Right. President Trump ended the fighting on every front, including Lebanon. No forever war. Okay, Well, we weren't fighting in Lebanon. I don't give a crap about what's happening in Lebanon. That's between Israel and hes Belah and the Lebanese government. Now, I know it matters a great deal to Iran. They've been trying to protect their proxy army, their front in Lebanon. I totally get that. But if you quote ended the fighting, well, I'm going to have to wait and see if hes Belah actually adheres to the Oh, actually no, they just they send some more drugs. So Hezbla is not stopping the fighting, and Israel is not going to stop the fighting either. In fact, the Prime Minister Benjamin Ntanya who said, if Hesbelah hits us, we're gonna hit him. We're gonna keep fighting with Iran fights us, We're gonna fight them. Like whatever you guys are negotiating over there, that's between y'all. My name is Paul, and that's between y'all. That's up to you guys. Israel is not a part of this, So keep that in mind, right, And everybody's like, oh, Israel needs to stop hitting Hezbelah if they're going to give this piece deal a chance. I I disagree like the Israelis, as I would say with any other foreign country. They're gonna do what they're going to do, and if they're getting attacked, as any other country would, except apparently the Gulf Coalition countries, who can just keep getting attacked and never respond to Israel or never respond to Iran for some reason because they're they're so scared of Iran. That they don't fight back ever against Iran, which just emboldens Iran. So Israel's not They're not going to play that game. So you guys keep attacking Israel, Israel's going to keep attacking you. That's how that works. And they're not a part of this. MoU He says. The Strait of Hormus is open again, free of charge. A fifth of the world's oil flows through it. That means relief at the pump and the grocery store. That is for us, the domestic audience, that is for the oil markets. I get that. Iran's rewards come from its own unfrozen money, not from American taxpayers. And only after it performs no nuclear weapon, no full relief, Iran earns it or gets nothing. Okay, So this is just like the Obama deal, the JCPOA. After we flew all of those palettes of cash that Donald Trump always talks about going into Iran, it wasn't taxpayer money, it was the unfrozen assets. That's what the left has always said. It's what Democrats have been saying for fifteen years. It wasn't our money, Pete, it was their money. We're just unfreezing it. Okay, so Trump is doing sort of the jcpoa Porsche. Don't know because I haven't seen the MoU because no one has made it available. And then finally Obama never even got a signed document. President Trump did from strength after dismantling Iran's program. Okay, I think it was a docu sign, which is fine. I guess the Iranians don't want to meet in person. They're not going to go meet Trump in person, which I understand. We did assassinate a bunch of your leaders, so like, I get that, right, you don't want to be in the room with the guy. I get it, But I haven't seen the MoU, so I don't know actually who signed it, So maybe just let us see the MoU. How about that, and a lot of these questions might go away if you just let us see it. You know, stories are powerful. They help us make sense of things, to understand experiences. Stories connect us to the people of our past while transcending generations. They help us process the meaning of life, and our stories are told through images and videos. Preserve your stories with Creative Video Start in nineteen ninety seven in Minhill, North Carolina. 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Vance, who, by the way, like, my impression is that this deal is Vance's and from reporting that I saw earlier this morning, you got Steve Whitkough, Jared Kushner and JD. Vance. They were all on the pro MoU wagon. Okay, So they were like, let's get this thing signed. Gotta do it. On the other side, oh, hang on, sorry. On the other side, why does my voice sound weird? I just swallowed something weird? Was that the bug that was flying around in the studio? No? I killed that anyway. On the other side, you had Marco Rubio and who was the other one? I forget maybe how could be? I forget who the other one was, But Rubio was on the other side saying no to THEU nom ou. So Vance has been running around hitting all the talk shows, doing interviews and stuff, and this conveys to me and I don't know this to be true, but it seems like this is Vance's baby, right and JD. Vance being very close to the Tucker Carlson wing of MAGA, which isn't even a wing of MAGA anymore. It's like just now something else completely. So his proximity to Tucker World is concerning to me, and I suspect that this deal is his baby, and that's why he's out there selling this thing. Okay, So he goes on to the Mark Levin show. Mark Levin is not a fan of Tucker Carlson, not a fan of the Pannikins, the people who are like, you know, Israel stinks and all of this Levin's on the other side of this, okay. And apparently JD. Vance told Mark Levin and other critics of an Iran deal, which, again, I kind of feel like, I'm not criticizing the deal. You know why, I don't know what's in it. Okay. So I'm not criticizing the deal and I'm not supporting the deal because I haven't seen the deal. I don't know what's in it. All I got are five talking points that don't tell me anything concrete, Okay. So I don't know whether this is a good deal or an utter humiliation for America and Trump and whatever. I don't know. Nobody does. Well people in the administration do Iran does, Pakistan does? Qatar does? I guess, But like Israel doesn't, and we don't. Okay, So like that seems to be we're all in the dark. So here's what JD. Van said. It is kind of ironic that they are this is about critics of the Iran deal. It is kind of ironic that they're really really worried about stopping this thing when they were so gung ho about starting this thing. Okay. That is a non sequitur, Okay, that does not follow okay for people who were I would say, like probably Mark Levin, who were gung ho about starting it. They're not opposed to it because it's ending. They're opposed to it ending in a way that doesn't achieve the strategic objectives that were laid out by Donald Trump. That's what they object to. They don't know what's in the deal. Now, maybe Levin has some you know, inside information, so he does know. I don't know, But like, this is not comforting. And again, if you want people to understand what's in the deal and not be criticizing it from all sides, how about you'll let us see it. How about that? A new round of talks between Iran and the US will begin on Friday in Switzerland. That at least according to the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araddachi, who also said Iran considered an end to the war in Lebanon to be an inseparable part of ending the wider war, saying any Israeli attack on Lebanon or continued occupation of Lebanese territory would be viewed by Tehran as a violation of the MoU Yeah, here's the thing. Lebanon has its own government, Okay, so Iran cannot dictate that term and if this is part of it, who the hell do they think they are speaking on behalf of the Lebanese government. I have given you some commentary over the course of the last few months regarding the Iran war from Zenebribua, who is a researcher at the Hudson Institute. She says, I'm one hundred percent skeptical of peace deals when it comes to the IRGC and regard them more, meaning the talks as stops along the way where the US buys time either to build up its military presence or to give the energy market room to breathe. It happened before, will happen again, And maybe. That's what this is, right, because I mean, if you think about it, you got a sixty day window for these talks, so that's two months, so that puts us what mid August, and then you only have another sixty days to get you to mid October. And the Israelis know, the Iranians know that Donald Trump is paying attention and his administration is paying attention to the midterms, and so you want to go into the midterms with the oil markets, the energy markets, you know appeased, calm right, you don't want gas at four dollars and fifty cents a gallon, which it's not. I went over this last week. North Carolina's average is somewhere around like three dollars and eighty cents. It's now down another twenty cents. Again, it's like it's the oil markets have been coming down today too, So is that what this is? Don't know. Jonathan Conricas, who is a former spokesman for the IDF, He says international media is amplifying the Iranian regime perspective and framing things as if Israel is trying to jeopardize a US Iran deal. The reality is that Iran is trying to derail a Lebanese Israeli peace effort. I believe that is correct. That is exactly why Iran is trying to tie any kind of ceasefire in Lebanon to this deal when there are different players. That's Lebanon, has Belah in Israel, this is Iran in the US. Israel isn't even a part of it, okay. The Foreign Minister for Iran, Abbas Arajji, he said talks with the US would follow a first stage memorandum of understanding focused on ending the war, the Strait of Hormus, the maritime blockade, and reconstruction issues. He said the next phase of negotiations would last sixty days and focus on Iran's nuclear program and sanctions relief. So those are the two phases, each lasting sixty days, that would get us to the midterm elections just about a couple weeks shot. But he then says any military attack by Israel on Lebanon and the continued occupation of Lebanese territories. Notice he calls them Lebanese territories, even though Hesbelah is the controlling faction there, it's not really Lebanon. I mean, yes, it's Lebanon proper. It's within their borders. However, they don't really control it the southern portion Hesbelah does. It's the Iranian front. It's their army, their proxy army that's parked on the border with Israel, and it's vital. That's part of their ring of fire strategy. And so Iran has been trying to tie these things together, and they say, if there's any attack or if Israel continues its occupation, then in their opinion, in the Iranian's opinion that is a violation of the MoU. However, a separate Lebanon clause is reportedly included in the US Iran MoU. According to Hares that is a left wing Israeli newspaper. They cite a Pakistani source and that Israel interprets that language as permitting continued military operations there. The source said, quote, everyone gets something in this deal, and Israel gets that. Another source described that clause as quote very vaguely worded, but confirmed. Israel reads it as allowing continued fighting in Lebanon. See. This is why I say it's a. Memorandum of misunderstanding, because Israel thinks they can still hit Esbolah. They don't have to pull troops out of southern Lebanon. They're working on a piece deal with Lebanon right now. They're going to keep doing all of those things. And the Iranians are like, uh uh, the same document that we're reading, that you're reading, and you take that away. We take the opposite opinion. But I cannot verify who is correct because I haven't seen the MoU. I'm et Segall, a reporter out of Israel, says the Defense Minister Israel Cats says that the IDF will remain indefinitely in the security zones in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza to protect Israeli citizens. They oppose withdrawing from Lebanon, a position that was made clear to the US, and they say if Iran attacks over Lebanon, Israel will strike Iran with full force. Reports indicate Iran has deliberately collapsed tunnels and mined the entrances at the Isfahan nuclear facility, where its stockpile of highly enriched uranium is believed to be buried. And so you may look at that and say, oh, well they've blown up. They've blown up the tunnels to get to Isfahan. Oh so that's good, right. They're like they're they're like sealing it off. Mm. Yeah, No, it's reportedly intended to deter any US operation aimed at seizing that material. Former US nuclear officials warned the damaged and mined tunnel complex could allow Iran to later claim that portions of its highly enriched uranium stockpile are just irretrievable. We just can't get to them. I mean, the tunnels collapsed after we blew them up, but we just can't get to it. This is why I do not trust the IRGC. I do not trust the Iranians, and that's why I don't know what's in them ou, because the Iranian press is telling us what's in it, but that comes from the IRGC, and I don't trust them. Can I please see the MoU please from two c TV. It's an Iranian diaspora YouTube television whatever. I think. They're based out of Britain. They're reporting that hardliners in Tehran are now chanting for the Foreign Minister Abbas Arachi to be executed. Why well before, okay, like a. Couple of weeks ago, they were out in the streets and they were chanting, demanding that he'd be arrested because he's negotiating with you know, America, and so now they want him executed because they accuse him of conceding too much to the United States. I don't know if it's too much, because I haven't seen the MoU. Two CTV says that alone tells you how fragile the situation is. Just days ago, regime figures were celebrating what they described as an American retreat, and now senior officials are insisting that the conflict with the United States is far from over, that this is not the end of the war. At the same time, President Trump is pushing back on claims that the Islamic Republic is receiving sanctions relief, arguing that any economic benefits would depend on a future agreement addressing the nuclear issue, and that leaves a major gap between what each side says it wants and what the other side appears willing to accept. Indeed, so is this just a stall tactic? I have said from the beginning of the ceasefire that wasn't very ceasy. I have said that, like, I don't know what the motivation is for this, but keep in mind, the Iranian economy is losing five hundred million dollars a day and at some point that system collapses, right, and so dragging things out serves American interests to some degree. Now, the trade off there is the impact on the oil markets. And for everybody who says, oh, my guess is four point fifty a gallon or whatever, it's like, Okay, well it's not now. And I have said that, like, this is part of the price of confronting the Iranian regime, and people get mad at me when I say that, but it's true. And again you hear the promo like, I am not here to comfort you with lies. Okay, but that is part of the price Trump is. I think doing things in order to calm markets. He says, things after markets close or on a Sunday before they open, in order to keep the oil prices stable. But losing five hundred million dollars a day for the Iranian regime is lethal, okay. And so if we're going to do a sixty day talk followed by phase two another sixty days, right, does that calm the markets? Does that create a better economic picture? Whatever? So, I don't know. Iran International. Quoting Mark Dubowitz, who is the chief executive of the Foundation for Defensive Democracies, he said he does not expect the current US Iran agreement to lead to a final deal, saying the arrangement is primarily aimed at restoring oil supplies to global markets while broader disputes remain unresolved. Quote, there will be no final Iran deal. This phase one is about getting oil back to market at the lowest possible price paid to the regime. We'll find out what that price is over the next thirty to sixty days. This is what he posted on Twitter, formerly known as x quote. There is no Phase two deal. Soon enough, President Trump will be back to relying on American power, not the regime's false promises. At that time, the strategy needs a missing pillar, which is maximum support for the Iranian people. Economic and military pressure can weaken the regime, the Iranian people can cripple it. Together. They offer the only path to a durable solution. Meanwhile, Iranian lawmaker Messam the Horian on Monday cautioned against holding a formal signing ceremony for the reported US Iran memorandum of misunderstanding, adding that such events primarily serve media narratives rather than producing tangible outcomes. He said quote what ultimately remained from the Gaza Peace Agreement were the photos and images of the Charmel Shaikh Summit, which portrayed Trump as the peace leader in Gaza. After the Sharmel Shak summit, say that five times fast. Neither did Israel's aggression against Gaza come to an end, nor was a single dollar spent in Gaza through the illusory fifty three billion dollar reconstruction fund envisioned in the agreement. I hope that Iran does not accept the government's idea and proposal to attend the official signing ceremony of the agreement with JD Vance in Geneva, so that the image desired by the enemy of the Iranian nation is not created. Fundamentally, there's no rational necessity for the in person signing of. The MoU okay. So there's a whole bunch of people in the IRGC, in the Irunan government, they don't want to see this happen because they think it's a win for America. All right, that'll do it for this episode. Thank you so much for listening. I could not do the show without your support and the support of the businesses that advertise on the podcast, so if you'd like, please support them too and tell them you heard it here. 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