Ben Shapiro

So we will unlock frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The United States undertakes to issue all necessary permits and licenses on this basis.

It is for this reason that the Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump-Iran deal, as currently constituted, allows Iran to immediately sell oil.

A senior U.S.

official said Tuesday that Iran would get upfront sanction relief for oil sales.

Also, the bulk of the frozen money sits abroad, most notably in China.

from oil revenues generated over many years that can't be transferred to Tehran's sanctioned banking system.

Will that end?

Unclear.

Okay, so that is point number one.

You're cracking the sanctions regime.

You're cracking it.

You're allowing them to sell oil, not via ghost fleets, but you are restructuring the banking system to allow them to do so in return for literally nothing other than

a temporary opening of the Strait of Hormuz, which was open before the war.

And then you have this much ballyhooed reconstruction fund.

According to provision six of the agreement, the United States undertakes together with its regional partners to create a comprehensive plan agreed upon by both parties for the rehabilitation and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran, while ensuring financing of at least $300 billion.

The vice president says, even if Iran doesn't get the $300 billion, we still will have transformed the Middle East in some way.

Well, that's probably true.

If we reopen the sanctions against them, then undoubtedly they will strengthen themselves.

Okay, so what you are now making the case for, Mr. Vice President, is that the war was good, but you are not making the case that the end of the war is good as well.