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Comparing Trump's Newly-Released Iran Peace Plan with Obama's

The interim framework is only 14 points and leaves major nuclear and sanctions terms for later negotiation, officials and analysts said.

  • On Thursday, President Donald Trump and Iran signed a 1.5-page memorandum of understanding launching a 60-day negotiation period to seek settlement of the ongoing conflict.
  • Trump condemned the Obama-era deal as "horrible," scrapping it in 2018; unlike President Barack Obama's more than 160-page Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action involving Britain, France, Germany, China, and Russia, this bilateral framework lacks detailed nuclear benchmarks.
  • The agreement front-loads U.S. sanctions relief, including immediate oil export waivers for Tehran and a proposed $300 billion economic development fund with Middle East allies, while leaving final details for later negotiation.
  • Negotiators aim to resolve the nearly four-month war, specifically addressing the future of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran effectively closed following Trump's military operations that began on February 28.
  • Critics within the Republican Party argue the President is making excessive concessions, noting that the framework lacks the strict inspection processes and detailed benchmarks required in previous international agreements.
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Donald Trump did not remain silent in the face of Barack Obama's criticism that the memorandum of understanding signed with Iran is inappropriate

Center

It is difficult to compare the 2015 detailed agreement on Iran's nuclear power and the simple road map signed on Wednesday in Versailles. The first elements make no less dreadful an American capitulation that unworthy up to the Republican elected. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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Lean Right

For Major-General Arnaut Moreira, reconstruction of Iran is a business for the US. It explains that digital signature of the peace agreement arose because they don't trust enough to risk family photo

·Portugal
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Lean Left

After three months of a calamitous conflict for him, the US President signed a peace agreement with Iran this Wednesday. Comparison of the two documents "It's a horrible deal (calamitous, stupid, terrible)", said Donald Trump of the Vienna Agreement on Iranian Nuclear (JCPOA) in 2015, the year of its conclusion. On May 8, 2018, the Republican who became president withdrew the United States. promising "a much better deal." Joe Biden will try to r…

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Lean Right

Donald Trump has made two promises regarding the Iran deal: That it will ensure Iran can never get a nuclear weapon – and that it is better than Barack Obama's. Here's what we know about how the agreements differ.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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Reuters broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, June 18, 2026.
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