David E. Sanger

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The Daily · Did Iran Come Out on Top in the Peace Deal? · 19 Jun 2026 podcast

Well, there are two big ones, Natalie.

I mean, the first one is the memorandum basically declares what it calls permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon.

And that basically is a rejection of Israel's concern about the threat posed by Hezbollah, which is, of course, the Iranian-funded and aligned militia group that's based in Lebanon.

And, of course, the Iranians wanted that language because now they have a way to pressure the United States over any future Israeli attacks on Lebanon and say they're a violation of the deal.

But not only, you know what strikes me the most about this agreement?

It's the stuff that's missing.

What do you mean by that?

Well, think about missiles, right?

There's no reference in the entire memorandum of understanding to opening a negotiation about missiles.

And yet that was one of President Trump's immediate goals when he announced the opening of a war on February 28th.

We heard Secretary of State Marco Rubio come back to it time and time again, saying the missile program protected the nuclear program.

and that Iran couldn't have missiles that can reach Israel.

And then yesterday in Europe, the president turns right around on this and says, well, of course they need missiles.

The Saudis have missiles.

They can't be left without the ability to defend themselves.

That was not the understanding going in, and that certainly wasn't the understanding you got from Secretary Rubio, who in tweets, in Senate testimony, talked about the danger of their missile program.

That's right.

This is one of the biggest issues for the Israelis because they're in missile range of the Iranians and the United States isn't.

And it's one of the reasons you have seen so much anger from Prime Minister Netanyahu, but not just Netanyahu, about this deal, especially because they feel like they were frozen out of the negotiating process during it.

And it's not just the missile issue they're complaining about.

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