Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
It was a fake deal. The whole point of MOU was for:
- U.S. to get the 150 million barrels stuck inside the strait out
- Iran to bury their supreme leader without their entire new leadership being taken out and get their own 60 million barrels out
That’s it! You think one of the most pivotal U.S.-Iran agreements of the war would have been signed at a random dinner in France by Trump? Alongside Macron who Trump doesn’t even like? The optics never made sense.
Also US violated the agreement on day 1 by moving all ships thru the Oman lane with zero coordination or consent of Iran which violated the MoU understanding that said iran would handle coordination of vessels.
The Israeli violations were just the cherry on top, but not critical since Israel has refrained from striking Beirut (a new Iranian red line).