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by Rzor 42 days ago
Point 6: The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least $300 billion (£225 billion) for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalised as part of a final deal within 60 days. All required licenses, waivers and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the United States of America.

I have a feeling that he's going to try to strong-arm Europe into partly paying for this. Not that it will work.
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amalcon 42 days ago
The goal is obviously to make US taxpayers pay for it, but give room for the admin to lie and say we aren't. Similar to how Mexico was going to pay for the useless border wall.

Of course, point 1 (which includes immediate stoppage of the fighting in Lebanon) isn't happening -- which sort of renders the rest of the thing moot anyway.

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tjpnz 42 days ago
They already refused to join his war of choice, can't see them giving one cent to this.
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credit_guy 42 days ago
It sounds like a huge amount of money and a clear sign of defeat. The US (or maybe Europe, who knows?) is paying Iran some form of tribute.

But, there's another way to see this: if you pay someone money, you end up with a lot of say in what they can or can't do. That money does not come with any guarantee; the party offering the money will keep the money flowing based on their own perception of good behavior of the party receiving the money. The post-Trump administrations will find themselves in the possession of a tremendous amount of leverage with Iran.

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