U.S. sanctions on Golden Global Bank test whether Turkey will finally curb Iranian financing or protect another Halkbank-style scheme.
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US-Iran negotiations demand a stripped-down deal to reopen Hormuz and verify nuclear status, avoiding Versailles-scale failures.
The Postwar Middle East remains defined by deferred nuclear questions, verification gaps, and regional trust deficits that no interim deal resolves.
Why a modest Iran Peace Deal is superior to a grand bargain that risks bailing out the IRGC and suppressing the Iranian people’s quest for change.
Hormuz traffic plummets 19M to 3M b/d. Qatari LNG halted. Only reopening strait solves crisis.
U.S.-Israeli strikes have killed Khamenei; the IRGC may now seize power. The diplomatic path is closed.
U.S. envoys should use the threat of military strikes to press Iran for nuclear, missile, and human rights concessions.