Tucker Carlson

In fact, a great power because it's negotiating with the world's greatest power, the United States.

And the United States is acknowledging that, hey, you know, you have a right to run your country as you like.

And so that means almost 50 years of watching reports on television about how Iran is an out-of-control theocracy that murders gays for being gay and prevents women from getting educated or whatever they've been telling you.

We're okay with that now because you're a great power.

And if you want to throw gays off buildings, it's not really our business.

Well, that's quite a change, whatever you think of it.

Paragraph four.

Immediately upon signing this MOU, the United States of America will begin the removal of its naval blockade and any disturbances or impediments against the Islamic Republic of Iran and will fully end the naval blockade within 30 days.

Retreat.

Pull your troops out.

Just a fact, whether you like it or not.

And to be clear, this is better than the alternative, not complaining about it, just noting that, wow, this is not unconditional surrender by Iran.

Hardly.

Paragraph five.

Upon signing this memorandum of understanding, the Islamic Republic of Iran will make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge for 60 days only from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa.

In other words, they're going to open the Strait of Hormuz and not charge anybody anything for a month.

And at that point, we'll talk.

But Iran's going to talk not to the United States, but to the Sultanate of Oman, which would be the country directly across the Strait to the south, the oldest monarchy in the world.

Iran and Oman will determine the terms on which shipping flows through the Strait, because after all,

They're the two countries on either side, the north and south sides of the straits.