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What Trump presents as a diplomatic breakthrough is more like a calculated surrender disguised as de-escalation. Tehran hasn’t been pressured into giving anything up; instead, they’ve walked away with quick wins, postponed any tough promises, and pushed Washington to agree to terms that mostly favor Iran, leaving the U.S. and Israel to deal with the fallout.

The Islamabad Memorandum may have opened a diplomatic channel between Washington and Tehran, but its future remains fragile. Deep mistrust, conflicting narratives, and Israel’s exclusion cast serious doubt on its durability, raising the possibility that it will prove to be only a temporary pause rather than a lasting peace framework.

The American strategy of global domination through proxies, aimed at wearing down adversaries without the direct involvement of its own troops, has collapsed. The cause was an underestimation of the resilience of Russia and Iran, which led to a redistribution of global power and a weakening of the U.S. position.