{"id":1995,"date":"2026-06-15T04:10:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T04:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2026-06-15T04:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T04:10:51","slug":"trump-veers-toward-exit-in-iran-war-but-risks-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1995","title":{"rendered":"Trump veers toward exit in Iran war but risks loom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) &#8211; With an agreement on a framework for a peace deal with Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump may have found a way to begin extricating himself from an unpopular war while setting global markets on a path toward easing energy prices that have spiked during the crisis.<\/div><div>But he has settled for \u200ba deal that appears short of many of the goals he outlined in the early days of the conflict, potentially opening himself up to attacks from hawks in his own party and leaving the U.S. looking strategically worse off \u200cthan it did before he went to war.<\/div><div>More than three months after attacking the Islamic Republic, Trump on Sunday gave his approval to a \u201cmemorandum of understanding\u201d that marks the most significant breakthrough in peace talks so far, including Iran\u2019s commitment to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which could help lower high U.S. gasoline prices.<\/div><div>At the same time, the Pakistani-mediated deal &#8211; the text of which was not immediately released &#8211; also apparently calls for significant U.S. concessions, including deferring discussions over ending Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, Trump&#8217;s main stated war objective.<\/div><div>Trump\u2019s pursuit of an exit plan has intensified amid growing pressure to end a war that has killed thousands, inflicted economic pain \u200bat home and driven down his approval ratings just months ahead of November\u2019s U.S. midterm elections. His Republican Party is struggling to maintain control of Congress.<\/div><div>In the run-up to Sunday&#8217;s announcement, his efforts, however, had already faced pushback from Iran hawks in \u200bWashington who warned about giving up too much to Tehran.<\/div><div>\u201cThe Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all!\u201d Trump said in a social media post on his 80th birthday. \u2060Shortly afterwards, Iran confirmed the accord, which is due to be signed on Friday but will leave many critical questions unanswered.<\/div><div>The two sides have put forth sometimes conflicting interpretations of the framework, which is meant to extend the current ceasefire for 60 days to allow for \u200bdetailed talks to permanently end a war that has created an unprecedented global energy supply shock.<\/div><div>Trump also faces the prospect of the U.S. looking weakened, while Iran, though battered militarily and economically, could end up with greater leverage, analysts say.<\/div><div>Although there is little doubt that U.S. and \u200bIsraeli strikes heavily degraded Iran\u2019s military capabilities, Tehran has shown it can survive an onslaught while throttling one-fifth of the world\u2019s oil and gas supplies.<\/div><div>The White House did not respond to Reuters&#8217; questions for this story.<\/div><h2>SOME TRUMP OBJECTIVES UNMET<\/h2><div>Trump, who campaigned for a second term on promises to avoid foreign interventions and focus on Americans\u2019 economic concerns, has framed the outcome as a resounding U.S. victory &#8211; even as Iran has made similar claims.<\/div><div>Still, most analysts agree that Trump \u2013 who once demanded Iran\u2019s \u201cunconditional surrender\u201d \u2013 has been stymied on many of his often-shifting goals for the war.<\/div><div>Iran\u2019s theocratic government, which Trump urged Iranians to overthrow at the outset \u200bof the conflict, remains largely intact, and leaders who replaced those killed in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes appear even more hardline.<\/div><div>Also unmet are his earlier demands that Iran dismantle its ballistic missile program and stop support for regional proxies. Even so, a U.S. official told reporters that the \u200bpreliminary deal accomplishes Trump\u2019s core objectives.<\/div><div>In addition, the MOU does not fully resolve the fate of Iran\u2019s near-bomb-grade uranium stockpile.<\/div><div>Trump said in a social media post on Saturday that the U.S. would go in, get the material and \u201cdownblend and destroy it,\u201d but gave no timetable. An Iranian official spoke only \u200cof Iran agreeing \u2060to \u201cdilute\u201d the stockpile on its own but with no mechanism yet determined.<\/div><div>&#8220;This deal is likely the best possible outcome to avert further conflict, but it is no better than what could have been achieved had the United States pursued diplomacy rather than war in the first place,&#8221; said Victoria Taylor, a former deputy assistant secretary of state now at the Atlantic Council think tank.<\/div><div>It is also unclear if the final deal will be an improvement on the one former President Barack Obama reached with Iran in 2015 to rein in its nuclear program, and which Trump scrapped in 2018 during his first term.<\/div><div>U.S. officials have insisted that any unfreezing of billions of dollars in Iranian funds or easing of sanctions will be gradual and based on whether Tehran meets requirements. Iran has signaled it expects some money and sanctions relief up-front.<\/div><div>By opening the \u200bdoor to such moves, Trump could face the kind of accusations \u200bhe has long leveled at Obama of providing Iran with \u2060a financial lifeline to help underwrite its nuclear ambitions and other security threats.<\/div><h2>IRAN THREAT TO PERSIST<\/h2><div>Trump and his aides have touted as a major achievement what they say is Iran\u2019s commitment never to acquire a nuclear weapon.<\/div><div>But Tehran had declared for years that it would always abide by an Islamic decree issued by former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an air strike at the start of \u200bthe war, that prohibited development of a bomb.<\/div><div>Though the MOU calls for Iran to quickly lift restrictions on shipping in the strait and for the U.S. to remove its naval blockade of Iranian \u200bports, Tehran has insisted that it must \u2060retain a role that it lacked pre-war in managing the strategic waterway.<\/div><div>The reopening of the strait itself would only return to the status quo that existed before the conflict.<\/div><div>\u201cIran has demonstrated that even in a starkly weakened state, it can shut the Strait of Hormuz at will. That\u2019s not going away,&#8221; said Jon Alterman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank in Washington.<\/div><div>The war started by Trump has killed thousands, mostly in Iran and Lebanon, where fighting between Israel and Iran-aligned Hezbollah militants was reignited. The conflict has also claimed the lives of 13 U.S. service \u2060members.<\/div><div>The U.S. military\u2019s price \u200btag has amounted to tens of billions of dollars, and munitions stockpiles have been drawn down. There have also been deepening strains between the U.S. and European \u200ballies, who were not consulted before Trump went to war.<\/div><div>Another challenge for Trump is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who forged a close wartime alliance with him but has said his country will not be party to the MOU. The two leaders clashed on Sunday over Israel\u2019s continuing military campaign in Lebanon.<\/div><div>Washington\u2019s Gulf allies, the targets of \u200bIranian missile and drone attacks, have pushed for a peaceful settlement but will now face the prospect of a wounded neighbor still able to threaten them with its remaining arsenal.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Humeyra Pamuk\" class=\"wp-image-8\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/30daf89d2c8d8ef17c165b6e57547d52.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Humeyra Pamuk<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Instagram<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Linkedin<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1994\">Shares jump, oil skids in Asia on news of Gulf deal<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1993\">Fragile Iran deal offers oil relief, but Hormuz risks remain<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1991\">Congo says 782\u00a0Ebola cases confirmed, two new health zones affected<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With an agreement on a framework for a peace deal with Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump may have found a way to begin extricating himself from an unpopular war while setting global markets on a path toward easing energy prices that have spiked during the crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-1995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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