r/International • u/grrrbr • 3d ago
Trump and Israel have seemingly lost so bad to Iran that they’ll have to pay reparations to the victor
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u/indorian 3d ago
Iran won’t ‘surrender’ without payment. That’s where we are now, bribing them to let us back out gracefully.
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u/mr_evilweed 3d ago
Remember how mad they continue to be about Obama sending Iran a lot less money than this?
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u/structuredtofail 3d ago
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/29/world/iran-war-us-trump-deal
Iran War Live Updates: Trump Puts Off ‘Final Determination’ on Iran Proposal
The president met with aides for two hours at the White House about a possible cease-fire extension, according to a senior administration official
President Trump left a two-hour meeting on a possible deal with Iran without making a decision, a senior administration official said on Friday, despite suggesting on social media that he had intended “to make a final determination” during the gathering in the White House Situation Room.
It was not clear why Mr. Trump did not reach a decision. The president had insisted in a Truth Social post before the meeting that a deal extending the cease-fire would involve Iran’s reopening the Strait of Hormuz, pledging never to develop a nuclear bomb and allowing the United States to remove its enriched uranium. Iran has repeatedly pushed back on those terms.
The spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, Esmail Baghaei, said in a telephone interview with Iranian state media on Friday that current negotiations were limited in scope and did not include “the nuclear issue.” In recent days, the sides have exchanged fire, and Mr. Trump has repeatedly threatened a return to full-scale war.
In his post, Mr. Trump signaled that a deal would lead the United States to lift its naval blockade, which had targeted Iranian ships and ports, to allow the crucial waterway for oil and gas shipping to reopen. “Ships caught in the Strait due to our amazing and unprecedented Naval Blockade, which will now be lifted, may start the process of ‘heading home!’” he wrote.
U.S. officials said on Thursday that a proposed deal would extend the cease-fire to pave the way to more talks on Iran’s nuclear program. The officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly, were granted anonymity to discuss the U.S. view of the current negotiations.
Should an agreement be finalized, it could give Mr. Trump an off-ramp from a war that has driven up oil prices and grown deeply unpopular at home. It could also eventually allow Iran to regain access to frozen overseas assets and provide a route for Tehran to get billions of dollars of oil revenue flowing again.
Here’s what else we’re covering:
The framework: Some details about a draft agreement emerged on Thursday, according to officials involved in the negotiations. Read more ›
Lebanon: The Israeli military moved ground troops deeper into Lebanon on Friday, crossing the Litani River, the informal boundary demarcating southern Lebanon. Deadly fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continued on Friday.
President Trump said that he was meeting with staff at the White House on Friday to make a decision about how to proceed with a potential cease-fire deal with Iran. “I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination,” the president said in a post on Truth Social.
Trump also said he was poised to lift the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and that “ships caught in the Strait due to our amazing and unprecedented Naval Blockade, which will now be lifted, may start the process of ‘heading home!’”
The president also insisted Iran give in to a number of his demands it has long resisted, including reopening the strait, pledging never to develop a nuclear bomb, and allowing the United States to removed Iran’s enriched uranium so that it could be destroyed.
“No money will be exchanged, until further notice,” he said.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at a Reagan Economic Forum event that the United States had seized $1 billion of Iranian cryptocurrency money as part of its effort to squeeze Iran’s economy. “Just outright grabbed the wallets,” Bessent said, referring to the accounts where digital currency is stored. “Some of them may be typing in right now and might not realize their wallet had been grabbed.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said Friday that the military had advanced deeper into Lebanon, where Israel and Hezbollah have continued to trade attacks, further undermining a monthlong cease-fire that has done little to stem the fighting.
Speaking in the north of Israel, near the Lebanese border, while visiting troops, Mr. Netanyahu said Israeli forces had “crossed the Litani,” a river that has long been a demarcation line in cease-fire arrangements in southern Lebanon.
Israel also continued to issue evacuation warnings on Friday for towns and villages in southern Lebanon, as airstrikes pummeled the region. Over 3,300 people have been killed in Lebanon, according to the health ministry, since the latest fighting between Hezbollah and Israel began in early March.
The widening offensive comes as military officials from Lebanon and Israel were set to meet at the Pentagon on Friday, part of U.S.-brokered talks aimed at stabilizing the border and ending the fighting. A separate round of political talks are expected to take place next week.
Crossing the Litani carries symbolic weight in the conflict, and underscores that Israeli troops have been increasingly operating beyond what Israel calls its “forward defense line,” an area several miles inside Lebanon that it has occupied since invading in March.
For much of its course, the Litani runs roughly 15 to 20 miles north of Israel, but bends much closer to the border in the east, where there have been clashes in recent days. Israeli forces have crossed the Litani before, including earlier in the current war with Hezbollah.
Under pressure from hard-liners inside Israel, Mr. Netanyahu has ordered the military to intensify its campaign against Hezbollah in recent days, including a strike near Beirut on Thursday for the first time in nearly a month.
Hezbollah’s drone attacks on Israeli troops in southern Lebanon have remained a persistent problem for Israeli troops. And Mr. Netanyahu is under pressure to show that his government is restoring security to northern Israeli communities, which have faced rocket attacks from the Iranian-backed militant group.
The talks at the Pentagon on Friday were expected to focus heavily on the issue of Hezbollah’s disarmament, a key Israeli demand in negotiations. President Joseph Aoun of Lebanon spoke by phone with Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, according to Mr. Aoun’s office, and said that reaching a cease-fire was the “basic entry point” for any further steps.
Israel’s ongoing offensive in Lebanon is unfolding against the backdrop of fragile talks between Washington and Tehran to end the broader war.
Iran has demanded that any deal includes an end to Israel’s strikes against Hezbollah, making Lebanon a potential flashpoint in efforts to reach an agreement.
Israel’s military chief, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, echoed Mr. Netanyahu’s message on Friday, saying Israeli forces were “moving into new areas,” adding that Israel would continue striking Hezbollah “wherever we can.”
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u/Longjumping-Poem-226 2d ago
Should come out of their pockets instead of ours (especially since he's made so much money stealing from helpful citizens programs) but since he can't do anything but shift blame & lie about all the corrupt things he does, it will be another thing on us.
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u/Electrical_Angle_701 2d ago
We should seize Israeli assets to pay for it.
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u/MyrrhSlayter 1d ago
We can't. Israel owns Trump and half of Congress and the Senate. Trump will do whatever he's told and Israel will never let Trump do anything to stop them.
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u/bug_out_zero 2d ago
As predicted, they start the war and then give Iran everything Iran wants. SMH
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u/ImportantCat1772 2d ago
I love how Iran doesnt give a rat about what Trump says. They'They'lll have peace on their terms!
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u/Intro-Nimbus 2d ago
Iran floated reparations in the first draft. Don't think they ever retracted that, thay may be negotiable though.
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u/SharpAardvark8699 6h ago
Considering how much resources Iran has I think it's a travesty that so many people live in poverty there as a result of sanctions and the petro dollar.
If the West owned all that , they would most definitely not give it away that freely
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u/Aggravating-Ad-1227 3d ago
How many times has Trump said we won against them already? We might as well let them win too!🤣
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