Here’s Why Iran Got Everything It Asked For

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Originally published at: https://peakprosperity.com/heres-why-iran-got-everything-it-asked-for/

For months, I’ve been telling everyone that the world’s oil stocks were drawing perilously low. Weirdly, the price of oil kept being slammed lower, which only served to keep demand higher than it would have or should have otherwise been.

Suddenly, Trump veered from “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” to giving in to every Iranian condition for the so-called peace MOU.

How do we explain this?

Well, Trump explained it to us here when he said, “I didn’t want to see economic catastrophe. If you kept this going, that could have happened.”

Trump on the Iran War MOU: "I didn't want to see economic catastrophe. If you kept this going, that could have happened." It's honestly a surreal minute to watch:pic.twitter.com/K7ZRPYklV5

— Rory Johnston (@Rory_Johnston) June 17, 2026

In other clips, Trump admitted that we were only a few weeks away from oil tank bottoms being hit and shortages arising.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump admits why he had no choice but to end the war:"We would have run out of [oil] reserves in about 4 weeks."Writer: Mhedipic.twitter.com/VkEv4WKWiX https://t.co/xWc67LL3kl

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 17, 2026

Just as I said, over and over again, as did many other even more qualified oil analysts and financial contrarians.

Further, Trump all but admits to openly manipulating financial markets via peace deal tweets, and he seems most proud of the stock market’s response out of all the possible effects.

ICYMI — Trump admits he was manipulating the stock market with fake news about Iran pic.twitter.com/a1ZDbJ6Vze

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) June 18, 2026

The pivots are breathtaking. In this clip, Trump now supports Iran having ballistic missiles:

TRUMP SAYS IRAN WILL KEEP MISSILES“We'll be working on a parallel effort with the Gulf nations to address non-nuclear issues, such as the conventional ballistic missiles, which we'll be talking about, and support. I mean, they have to have some, because other people have… pic.twitter.com/1fN3PS4FeO

— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) June 17, 2026

The differences between what Trump managed to do vs. the JCPOA deal are striking as well.

And, of course, missing from that table, above, is the impact on world oil supplies and inventories. In the case of the US, the drawdowns have been large and sustained. This will have to be reversed at great expense someday, probably soon.

But, despite the stock market apparently cheering all this, and oil, swooning, we have to remain cautious because Israel did not agree to this deal, many in Israel feel betrayed by the president and locked out of the process, and we’re already reading things like this (image taken on 6/18/26):

So, we’re going to be keeping a very close eye on everything.

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I dunno Chris, its a bold assumption that Strategic Reserves will be refilled.

I see a case for world wide reserves being the target of this Iran side quest.

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At Versailles? Wow is this a humiliation ritual… foreshadowing?

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In those videos Rubio and Lutnick are looking like they want to “shrivel up and blow away”.

“Shrivel up and blow away” is a metaphor and idiom used to describe something losing vitality, becoming insignificant, or disappearing entirely over time. It is also frequently used to express a strong feeling of wanting to disappear due to embarrassment, shame, or feeling like a burden.

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Would it be tinfoil hat saying it looks like Israel & Iran are working in tandem to keep this going for what looks like different reasons but might be parallel/similar reasons?

Surely Iran threw their #1 condition in the MOU, knowing Israel would pay no attention to it, proving to the world and some of us less mass formed pesky US citizens that Israel runs US foreign policy. OR they’re trying to force the execution of child rapists and child eaters or both/and.

Either way, the gut punch since 28 Feb continues. Geez what a hot mess that was obvious before it ever happened.

Back at the ranch, Europe is doing their dammdest to start a nuke war with Russia over Ukraine. Cue the Zoolander crazy pills video clip.

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Jeff Currie is saying that the big shipping companies are not in a rush to go back to the Gulf due to the uncertainty of it remaining open.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2EZlkNGnWk

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Berman has an interesting take on this on X. (Rejoined a couple months ago to try to find more news sources. The fake AI hot chicks are more bountiful than 2 years ago)

I don’t know how to find it to copy the post but he said refilling isn’t all that important. I have no idea if that’s valid or reasonable being a busy sugar daddy for the bevy of fake X babe followers.

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DXY and USDJPY both broke through key resistance levels today with the latter getting to 161.8 at one point. That after the Japan interest rate increase the other day.

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If I was Iran, I would keep blaming Israel for the violation of the peace deal and resume bombing neighbors as retaliation. The effect is that the USA would eventually have to cut ties or figure out how to make Israel stop.

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I wonder how Israel plans to get their oil,diesel and kerosene to continue fights… they must have different source, right, to defy these seizefire plans?

Will US now reincarnate as nazis 2.0 out of this versaille 2.0 humiliation… repeat from 1919.

Russia put 2021 condition, close biolabs and whatnot shady US was doing in Ukraine, US ofcourse couldnt resist and 2022 happened. This reminds of that. Now we know EU had no plans other than to pursue maximum war to get profits or something, so conditions are put absurd (on both sides?).
This(both Israel and Iran wanting to continue destruction) plays into overall simon dixon play, however reasons and details may differ.

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I thought this was a great deal for Iran. I’ve changed my mind. Here’s what the US will get:
Everything in the Strait of Hormuz comes out and delivers

Here’s what Iran will get:
Nothing

I guess I could argue that Iran will get low oil prices → supply/demand imbalance → further draining of reserves.

I’m assuming that this deal falls apart not long after the ships make it out. I don’t see the path to dragging this out to the election. Would have to be an extra cycle of deal/war/deal, I guess. But I’m suspecting they don’t really care about the mid-terms.

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For me, Israhell has always been the key problem. They own our politicians and led Trump by the nose into this war. And they always have the “Israhell Veto.” If they simply stay put in the new land they’ve seized in Lebanon and keep shooting at anything that moves, the MOU is void. Worse yet, what if they decide to conduct a false flag operation in the US to make uninformed Americans demand we punish Iran for “their” act of terrorism? And what if Israhell uses a tactical nuclear weapon? I assess that all of these very dark possibilities are NOW under the MOU more likely than they’ve ever been. I hope and pray things settle down, but I’m continuing plans and actions to cope with the fallout from all the above possibilities.

Here’s a warning about a false flag that set my spidey senses tingling out of control today.

https://x.com/adamemedia1/status/2067310889653461274

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I guess it’s nothing if you’ve never had your funds stolen then get them back or if you’ve never had sanctions, were forced to sell on the black market at a ten percent or more per barrel discount but now you get to sell at the price everyone else in the world market pays.

Forcing a signature and a complete 180 from the world’s superpower might also be more than nothing.

I for one really hope the MOU holds but won’t hold my breath. The Feb 26 MOU would have been a whole lot better.

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This is not over folks! Prof Robert Pape and others have noted that this is just a MOU for 60 days which “could” lead to permanent peace. Good luck with that.

The American Empire is finished and hopefully the US cuts bait on Israel. Israel caused that whip cream pie to slam into the face of America. They used the US and now the US has quite possibly suffered its most humiliating defeat. You can’t put lipstick on this pig.

As Robert Pape has said in recent interviews, Iran’s power has grown and America’s power has weakened. That’s how empires come crashing down and a new empire arises.

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As far as the strait being reopened, if you were a ship captain, would you lead a crew into there?

My guess is the strait will be opened in name only compared to pre-Iran war volumes.

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Ah, you misunderstand me. I don’t think the US will deliver on anything. Iran won’t get funds back. Sanctions won’t be lifted. At least, that’s my forecast at this time. I’m simply assuming the West will behave like it did every time in the last 5 years with both Ukraine and Iran. Talk big and then backstab the moment they may have to deliver a concession.

This time could be different. The system is more stressed than it has been. The game is actually real now. But if they can tolerate covid, they can tolerate fuel rationing to <insert excuse here>. That’s my base case. Assume behaviour is unchanged, not that it reverts to how I would behave.

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For this, are they furiously building new pipelines or quickly resuming stopped projects? This Trump reality tv offers nice cover so journos dont go asking questions.
This is perfect time to push those projects forward. Looking map, plenty of opportunities. Just need to force fighting tribes to agree… with a deal! Usually money only works, like in mafia family. Just this part cant be leaked to press, regular joe plumber will be angry lubricating deals with precious taxmoney.

This cant garner goodwill… all arab countries can spread this in a flash in social media and state news… while it is not told in western MSM, it will fester around surface.. and then dumb west takes hordes of these same folks as “refugees” who can continue this revenge plan near home. Some folks still talk of Nasser of Egypt, Korean war era events in that region. Hungary and Orban hate is childsplay compared to middle east way of remembering past and wrongdoings to your people.

Do you think hate is logical? Was imperial japan logical against US? Middle east is basically similar… some things you cant even bribe away. Elite thinks money and power are everything.

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@thc0655 You’re spot on. Israel is the root—has been and will continue to be the global problem child. They own the politicians, they led Trump by the nose, and now they’ve got the “Israel Veto” baked into every deal.

And here’s the thing: they’re both long-range planners and impulsive opportunists. They’ll press because they can’t afford to lose their land grab in Lebanon—and they’ll take everywhere else they can. The play is simple: hold as much land as possible, nuke Iran if necessary, and eventually Turkey. They want it all.

This MOU didn’t calm things—it greenlit them. False flag? Tactical nuke? Both are now more likely, not less. We’re not watching diplomacy. We’re watching land acquisition in real time.

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It makes no sense… unless you assume someone is trying to destroy our civilization. Then it merely seems efficient.

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It would have been honourable to mention the assassinated schoolgirls in the comparison between the Obama and Trump agreements

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