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Trump’s disappointing Iran deal: Letters to the Editor — June 22, 2026

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The Issue: Reactions to President Trump’s 14-point Memorandum of Understanding with Iran.

I read the Memorandum of Understanding in utter disbelief; it sounded like Iran dictated the terms of surrender to the United States (“Deal’s fatal flaw is mullah moola,” Mark Dubowitz & Miad Maleki, June 18).

This is an unfathomable abdication of the help President Trump promised to the Iranian people, a 180 on Israel and its right to self-defense and a middle finger to those Gulf states that realize appeasing Iran is not the route to a prosperous and peaceful Middle East.

These 14 points will be as successful in deterring Iran as President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points were in preventing World War II.

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Am I the only one who questions the wisdom of using a person who published a book revealing his deal-making strategies to represent your side when bargaining with an adversary?

I do not know if “The Art of the Deal” has been translated into Farsi, but I would bet all I own that Iran’s negotiators have copies of it. If one side knows the other........

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