Trump is folding on Iran as war goals still unmet and regime remains intact

 https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/r1w3c8yjbl

When it comes to the Iranian regime, the very fact that it remains in power constitutes a victory; Even if Trump did not intend to retreat, from the moment he entered the negotiations track, Iran found itself exactly where it wants to be 

After the 12-day war, both Netanyahu and Trump issued a series of statements declaring total victory. “Iran’s nuclear facilities have been destroyed — and anyone who says otherwise is spreading fake news,” Trump declared in an official White House statement on June 25, 2025. “In the 12 days of Operation Rising Lion we achieved a historic victory that will stand for generations. We removed two immediate existential threats: annihilation by nuclear bombs and annihilation by 20,000 ballistic missiles… We destroyed Iran’s missile production industry,” Netanyahu said in a special address on June 24, 2025.

These were false statements. After all, at the start of the current round, both Trump and Netanyahu said we are going out to destroy the nuclear facilities, the missile stockpiles and the missile production industry. In other words, we have returned to square one. For more than three weeks, the United States and Israel have been bombing Iran’s missile production industry — and it is reasonable to suspect it has not yet been destroyed. 

Despite everything, it is now necessary to wait. The real test will be in the implementation of the conditions Trump outlined. Will the uranium indeed be transferred to the United States? Will ties with proxy forces be severed? Will the regime truly commit to halting missile production? And even if the answer is yes — at least on paper — when it comes to the Iranian regime, the very fact that it remains in power constitutes a victory. All other violations will come later.