J.D. Vance: The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the end of Iran's nuclear program have been achieved

J.D. Vance, the Vice President of the United States, defending the recent agreement with Iran, said:
"The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the end of Iran's nuclear program are goals that have already been accomplished."
He added:
"The question now is how much more we can achieve by working together."
Vance continued:
"Can we change relations in the Middle East forever, or will we return to the old ways again?"
The U.S. Vice President emphasized that returning to the previous situation is not Washington's preference, but it remains one of the possible scenarios.

Presence of Araghchi and JD Vance at the negotiation site

For the first time in the last 47 years

🔴 JD Vance:

🔸The opening of the Strait of Hormuz marks the end of Iran's nuclear program—these have already been achieved.
🔸The question now is how much more we can achieve together.

🔸Can we permanently change relations in the Middle East, or will we return to the old way, which is not our preference but certainly something that might happen.

Happy Father's Day 🎉🤣

Trump says he spoke with the Iranians last night and warned them not to close the Hormuz: “You won’t have a country.”

Trump on the memorandum of understanding: It’s only an extension of the ceasefire. I can do whatever I want after those 60 days.

On Lebanon: Disappointed that Israel is failing to defeat Hezbollah. Close to letting Syria fight Hezbollah.

On Gaza: Hamas isn’t causing many problems. Once the issue with Iran is resolved, many of the other things will fall into place.

Trump, in response to Pezeshkian's statement that "we will not retreat from our enrichment rights," said:
He better watch what he says. He better correct his behavior, otherwise we will take control of the rest of his country as well.

Trump: Yesterday, 19 million barrels of crude oil were exported from the Persian Gulf due to this memorandum of understanding with the Iranians.

Fox News / Trump about Lebanon:

I am disappointed that Israel cannot eliminate Hezbollah.

They can't do anything without destroying buildings.

I am close to handing this over to Syria because they do a more precise job.

US Ambassador to Israel:

Americans, whether they understand it or not, should be grateful to G-d for the Jewish people.

Senator Lindsey Graham:

A message to Iran; if you attack Israel using Hezbollah, our new policy will be to attack Iran.

US Ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, said that Israel and the UAE have "military cooperation" efforts to "defend each other" against Iran.

Prime Minister Netanyahu:
50 years ago, I lost my older brother, an Israeli hero, Lieutenant Colonel Yoni (in the operation to rescue Israeli hostages).

Today at the memorial ceremony, I committed:

I will not allow the Islamic Republic to arm itself with nuclear weapons, and we will remain in the security zone in southern Lebanon as long as necessary to protect the residents of the north and citizens of the entire country.

The Iranian delegation left the negotiation site in protest of Trump’s threats (Tasnim).

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Prime Minister Netanyahu:

In America, they say Trump does whatever I ask him to do.

And in Israel, they say I do whatever he wants.

Neither is true. We are leaders of independent and proud countries.

I represent the interests of Israel.

Senator Lindsey Graham: "I spent 4.5 hours with Trump on Friday. If the deal fails – he will take control of Hormuz by force. Saudi Arabia will join the Abraham Accords within the next six months."

Prime Minister Netanyahu about Iran:

I think we have created the conditions for the fall of the Iranian regime.