Signing the memorandum sparks a wave of opposition in Iran, Israel, and the US

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0:01 Hello. It is Monday, 25 Khordad 1405, June 15, 2026. Finally, last night, Sunday night, the 24th of Khordad, the memorandum of understanding known as the Islamabad Agreement between Iran and America was signed electronically. On the Iranian side, Mr. Ghalibaf signed, and on the American side, Mr. Vance, the Vice President of the United States. Interestingly, Mr. Trump, who cannot stay away from anywhere there is news and cameras, also signed it. Of course, he himself said he did so to show Iran that he is very serious, but in my opinion he wanted his signature to be at the bottom of the memorandum.

0:59 It is planned that on Friday, the 29th of Khordad, Mr. Araghchi, and probably Mr. Ghalibaf, will be present in Geneva with a delegation, and on the American side it has been said that Mr. Vance, Mr. Kushner and Mr. Witkoff will attend. Of course, if Mr. Vance goes, then as a rule Mr. Ghalibaf should also be added to the team, for signing the so-called paper copies and exchanging the signatures. It is said that the two sides may also begin negotiations right after the signing,

1:53 because under this memorandum there is a 60-day period, which is also extendable, during which the parties sit down and talk and negotiate over Iran's nuclear issue in order to reach a final agreement and contract. Interestingly, Mr. Trump, who has traveled to France, where Mr. Macron went to welcome him and met with him, for the summit of the leaders of the G7 industrialized countries, said that he too might go to Geneva. As I said, if there is a camera somewhere, if there is news, and he can give an interview,

2:48 Mr. Trump usually goes and shows up, regardless of whether it is even in line with protocol or not. Of course, perhaps his advisers will stop him and tell him that this one is really not advisable. On the Iranian side, Mr. Baghaei, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry and the negotiating team, said that Iran will also make an urgent regional trip, probably either at the level of deputy minister or the foreign minister himself, to consult with the countries of the region, and after that they will announce at what level the Iranian team will go to the negotiations. We talked earlier about the content of this memorandum. Apparently it has 14 articles, but it is said

3:45 that by Friday, when the text will be signed on paper, so to speak, the full text will be published, and then it will be possible to discuss it better and get past the speculation and so on. But interestingly, after the signing of this agreement, or even before it was officially announced as signed, opposition began in all three countries: Iran, America and Israel. In Iran, the "Concerned Ones," who are said to be connected to the Paydari Front, the same people who were bringing people out into the streets, began over the past 10 days to oppose the signing of the agreement with very extremist placards, such as that we must take revenge,

4:46 we must not open the Strait, compensation must be paid first, and things like that, and slogans such as "Ghalibaf, Araghchi, what about the blood of my Leader?" or "For how much did you sell the blood of the Leader, the blood of the Agha?" and the like. Interestingly, for example, they cursed and insulted even Mr. Zarif, who is completely absent, nobody knows where he has gone, and he does not even show himself, and they burned his effigy, so to speak, saying that in short these people are compromisers, they are like this, they are like that. In any case, these extremists in Iran who are ordering up war have somehow become aligned with the extremists among the opposition abroad, who were also

5:43 ordering up war and placing orders for war. In fact, there are even posters saying something like "Israel, Pahlavi, Paydari: congratulations on your union," and things of that sort. But in Israel, too, attacks on Mr. Netanyahu immediately intensified. Several of the extremist ministers in his cabinet attacked him, and their argument is that under this memorandum, the ceasefire in the Persian Gulf and with Iran, between Iran and America, also includes Lebanon, and they attacked Netanyahu saying you should not accept this. And also

6:39 his opponents, such as Mr. Benny Gantz, who is his rival, and the more moderate parties, the Democrats, the left and so on and so forth, began attacking Mr. Netanyahu, saying in short: you entered a war, you achieved none of the goals, and now you have become obedient to America's orders, and we cannot ensure Israel's security. It went so far that Mr. Netanyahu was forced to come out and hold a press conference, a so-called televised message, in which Mr. Netanyahu claims that he is not bound by the Iran-America agreement regarding Lebanon and does not accept it.

7:32 He also said that we inflicted one trillion dollars of damage on Iran. Regarding the quarrels Mr. Trump has had with him, and apparently Mr. Vance also had a verbal argument with him, he said these quarrels are family quarrels, they are natural and happen everywhere; in effect, he brushed it aside. But in Lebanon, upon hearing the news of this ceasefire and the signing of this memorandum, thousands of people who had been displaced from southern Lebanon began to return, even though the Lebanese government said don't go back, the Israeli army is still there. But there are videos and photos of thousands of people, with huge traffic jams on the roads, returning to their homes and their villages.

8:30 But in America, too, criticism of Mr. Trump has begun. It began even before the official announcement of the signing. In short, the criticism directed at him by the press, by members of Congress, by the Democratic Party and even the Republican Party, is that you went and made war, the Strait of Hormuz was closed, and now you are happy that it will reopen, and in the end you came back to the negotiating table where you were already negotiating. In short, you did something fruitless and got nothing, and you gave Iran no promises either. As for what they are saying in Iran, that 12 billion dollars will be released and then at the end of the 60 days another 12 billion dollars, and so on, Mr. Vance, too,

9:29 in response to those criticizing him, that is, the whole Trump cabinet, claimed that we will not give even one dollar, and instead what he said is that we will suspend the sanctions. Of course, in my opinion this is a game with words, because if Iran's money is blocked, it is because of American sanctions, and if these sanctions are suspended, well, the money held in various banks around the world is released, and Iran can withdraw it and take it to Iran. But in any case, this political atmosphere in all three countries is interesting, and it shows how an ill-conceived, ill-considered war without a calculated strategy, and miscalculation, has damaged all three countries, especially Iran, and also

10:30 that in the end everyone is under attack and criticism. Meanwhile, the open-market dollar rate in Iran's currency market fell from 171,000 tomans to 162,000 tomans. It may fall further in the coming days, but naturally this is temporary, the so-called shock of the end of the war; the reality of the economy, the large volume of liquidity and the government's deficits, will push it up again. North Sea oil also fell by 4 dollars a barrel, to 83 dollars a barrel. This too, in my opinion, will be worth watching, and it may possibly

11:28 go even lower. As for the G7 summit, where the leaders of these seven industrialized countries have gathered, four European countries that are members of the G7, namely France, Britain, Italy and Germany, announced that if Iran fulfills its nuclear commitments, they are ready to lift the sanctions. In particular, three of them were also parties to the JCPOA, and two of them, Britain and France, have veto power in the Security Council and can in effect reverse that snapback mechanism. They all also emphasize peace and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and so on. But in Iran, the disruption in the electronic services of four

12:26 state banks, namely Bank Melli, Bank Tejarat, Bank Saderat and the Export Development Bank, turned out to be the result of a cyberattack, most likely by the group Gonjeshke Darande (Predatory Sparrow), which many believe is backed by the Israeli government. Attacks of this kind have a precedent with this same group, although this group, Gonjeshke Darande, has not officially claimed it. But the scale of these attacks on the IT services provided to these banks suggests it is probably more than just a hacker group. The banks announced that services have been restored and are being fixed, but many users are complaining

13:21 that no, it still doesn't work: ATMs are malfunctioning, and electronic payments, point-of-sale terminals and sales are disrupted. In any case, it shows that a cyberwar is under way. In hope of victory for Iran and Iranians.