IRAN IS ATTEMPTING TO IMPOSE A DILEMMA ON THE UNITED STATES

IRAN IS ATTEMPTING TO IMPOSE A DILEMMA ON THE UNITED STATES

Iran is attempting to impose a dilemma on the United States and the international community: either accept Iranian terms in nuclear negotiations or risk a long and challenging hunt for hidden Iranian nuclear material.

 This dilemma is likely designed to harden Iran’s nuclear program against destruction either by securing an agreement on Iranian terms (which would presumably allow Iran to continue enrichment) or protecting Iranian nuclear material by hiding the material, thus making a US or Israeli effort to destroy the material more difficult. 

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohsen Rezaei stated during an interview on June 20 that Iran has relocated its enriched material to a secure location to prevent it from being destroyed.

 This statement is presumably intended to suggest to a Western audience that destroying all of Iran’s nuclear material would require a long, challenging, and possibly futile hunt for hidden material and that, therefore, the West should negotiate with Iran. Iranian officials have expressed their interest in negotiating a nuclear deal with the United States, but have not moderated their negotiating position from before the conflict.

Iran remains committed to preserving its stated “right” to enrich uranium. These Iranian demands over enrichment have been a non-starter for the United States and Israel in the ongoing negotiations, suggesting Rezaei’s statement is designed to increase the pressure on the United States and Israel to relax their positions. The United States and Israel have rejected Iranian demands and maintained that Iran will not be permitted to enrich uranium on Iranian soil. Israel launched its air campaign on June 12 to “degrade, destroy, and remove [the] threat” of Iranian weaponization of its nuclear program, and a senior Israeli official said that enrichment remains a red line. US President Donald Trump has threatened to support an air campaign targeting Iranian nuclear infrastructure if Iran fails to meet US demands for zero enrichment.

Key Takeaways:

• Iran is using negotiations and its efforts to hide nuclear material to impose a dilemma on the United States and force Washington to decide between accepting Iranian terms in nuclear negotiations or risking a long and challenging hunt for hidden Iranian nuclear material. This dilemma is designed to protect the nuclear program by securing an agreement with allowances for enrichment or protecting enriched material by hiding it. Iranian officials have not relaxed their negotiating position, which US and Israeli officials are not willing to accept.

• The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group will arrive in the CENTCOM AOR by June 22.

• Iranian-backed Iraqi militias are attempting to deter US participation in the war by threatening to attack US forces if the US attacks Iran. These threats are probably informed by ongoing discussions in the West about a protracted war with Iran.

• The International Atomic Energy Agency director warned of a dangerous degradation of nuclear security at Iranian nuclear sites due to Israeli strikes.

• Israel continued to conduct strikes targeting the Iranian internal security and social control apparatus, which could destabilize the regime. CTP-ISW has not observed any indications that the regime is near collapse or that its control is significantly weakened at this time.

MNT GOAT : "ECONOMIC AND OIL EXPERTS NETANYAHU THREATENS IRAN PREDICT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE ZIONIST AGGRESSION AGAINST IRAN AND ITS IMPACT ON IRAQ."

 MNT GOAT

"ECONOMIC AND OIL EXPERTS NETANYAHU THREATENS IRAN PREDICT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE ZIONIST AGGRESSION AGAINST IRAN AND ITS IMPACT ON IRAQ." 

"Economic and oil experts have differing opinions regarding the repercussions of the Zionist aggression against Iran and its potential impact on trade flows in the region and the global oil market. They stress

that the current situation carries within it many variables that are difficult to predict accurately." — "Although it is outside the immediate circle of conflict, Iraq appears to be in the eye of the storm.

 Its geographical location, its near-total dependence on oil, and the peg of its economy to the dollar exchange rate make it vulnerable to every geopolitical shock in the region." - " A tangible crises: rising

food prices, a volatile dollar, and fears of a slowdown in the flow of goods through ports and borders." All we can do now is hold-tight and see what happens. The banks are told not to exchange

any dinar at this time for fear of dolllars getting back to Iran to fund the war.

Their words not mine.....

ARIEL: Iraqi Dinar Update – Strategic Summary @DINARREVALUATION #iraqidi...

Through 26 axes, Iraq is developing plans to develop its trade policy locally and globally

  Through 26 axes, Iraq is developing plans to develop its trade policy locally and globally. 

6/21/2025    Baghdad - INA - Amina Al-Salami 

The Ministry of Trade announced plans on Saturday to develop infrastructure by digitizing services to accelerate trade and reduce costs. While indicating that the next phase requires political will and economic stability to prepare Iraq for an effective partnership in the global economy, the Ministry emphasized the need to strike a balance between protecting the national economy and global openness, as well as preparing for accession to the World Trade Organization. 

Ministry of Trade spokesman Mohammed Hanoun told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The Ministry of Trade's plans to develop Iraq's trade policy include updating the legal and legislative structure by reviewing existing trade laws to comply with the requirements for joining the World Trade Organization, such as the Consumer Protection Law, the Competition Law, and the Anti-Dumping and Subsidy Law, and enacting new laws regulating intellectual property, e-commerce, and data protection, which are among the requirements of a modern market environment." 

He pointed out that "the Ministry has adopted a more open and diversified trade policy by restructuring its trade policy to ensure a balance between protecting national products and opening up to international markets, expanding bilateral and multilateral trade partnerships, particularly with Arab countries, neighboring countries, and European and Asian markets, in addition to simplifying foreign trade procedures and reducing non-tariff barriers to facilitate the entry and exit of goods and services."

Hanoun pointed to "supporting and developing the private sector by enabling it to become a true partner in commercial activity by providing export incentives, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises capable of entering foreign markets, and qualifying local industries to compete regionally and internationally."

He explained that "developing the trade infrastructure by digitizing commercial services (such as company registration, issuing certificates of origin, and commercial contracts), developing the international exhibition system, activating the role of the General Company for Exhibitions to support the promotion of Iraqi products, and improving the performance of ports and border crossings in coordination with other entities to accelerate trade flow and reduce costs." 

He added, "The development plans also include joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), resuming technical negotiations with the organization by updating the Iraqi accession file (which was frozen for long periods), and submitting offers on customs tariffs and market services, in accordance with the organization's requirements, in addition to building the capacity of technical cadres in the Ministry of Trade and related institutions to enable Iraq to negotiate efficiently, while coordinating with other ministries to prepare the economic and administrative environment in line with WTO standards." 

He explained that "the plans also include transparency and business governance by enhancing the principle of transparency in commercial data through the regular publication of reports, prices, and indicators, and combating corruption and monopoly in the local market by activating regulatory bodies and implementing competition laws." 

He continued, "We seek to achieve a balance between protecting the national economy and global openness, with a focus on preparing Iraq to join the World Trade Organization through legislative and institutional reforms, empowering the private sector, and developing the trade and services environment." He noted that "the next phase requires political will, economic stability, and comprehensive national coordination to qualify Iraq to be an effective partner in the global economy."   LINK

FIREFLY: They were warned constantly to come in, bring in your mattress dinars and open the accounts that we have established for you

 Frank26  

 [Iraq boots-on-the-ground report]   

FIREFLY:Mr. Sammy said when July hits and salaries are paid on the cards only the people that didn't get their accounts open in the banks like they were instructed to, only those people are in for a big surprise.  It's their own fault. 

  They were warned constantly to come in, bring in your mattress dinars and open the accounts that we have established for you.  We think this will help push the hordes of cash Iraqi citizens have in their homes...They won't get paid.

FRANK:  Get in there and activate those accounts and get that card.  If you do not, when they do raise the value you're not going to get yours..

DINAR REVALUATION HIGHLIGHTS!!: THE RV IS IMMINENT

The reasons identified...the Parliamentary Finance Committee rules out sending budget tables to Parliament

 The reasons identified...the Parliamentary Finance Committee rules out sending budget tables to Parliament 

6/21/2025

Hussein Mounes, a member of the Iraqi Parliament's Finance Committee, ruled out on Saturday the government's submission of the federal budget schedules, while reviewing the main reasons for this move.

"There are several reasons for the government's exclusion from sending the federal budget schedules to parliament, most notably the financial deficit, unstable financial revenues, the lack of a real economic vision, and the approaching date of the legislative elections," Mounes told Shafaq News Agency. 

He added, "The large deficit in the budget law amounts to 80 trillion dinars, which puts the government in a difficult position due to the lack of a real economic vision for completing the budget tables and submitting them to Parliament." 

Parliamentary Finance Committee member Moeen Al-Kadhimi previously indicated that the budget schedules would likely reach parliament in early July .

Al-Kadhimi told Shafaq News Agency at the time that the Ministry of Finance had completed its observations on the budget law's schedules and submitted them to the Council of Ministers to express the government's opinion on the nature of the budget and the total amount compared to last year, in light of the decline in revenues achieved during the current year .

Al-Kadhimi explained that the Ministry of Finance is preparing the final schedules for the budget law after receiving the government's response to the submitted comments. He noted that the draft 2025 budget law is expected to be referred to the House of Representatives early next month after its approval by the Council of Ministers .

The delay in approving the 2025 federal budget in Iraq threatens financial stability, service and development projects, the disbursement of salaries and benefits, and other repercussions that directly impact the daily lives of Iraqi families, according to observers .

Observers believe the budget has become a "political tool" during election seasons, used as a means of pressure and bargaining between blocs, without regard for the impact of these procrastinations, which have continued for more than half a year .

Legal experts also believe that delaying the disbursement of financial allocations stipulated in the budget law constitutes a form of administrative corruption and opens the way for lawsuits to be filed against entities obstructing the implementation of the law   LINK