Versailles Memorandum, US faces Minsk Agreement dilemma (The Duran)

Trump just signed the Versailles memorandum on Iran, and Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris break down why the deal looks more like a forced retreat than the win the White House is selling. From the failed sea blockade and dwindling oil reserves to Trump's fallout with Netanyahu and the eerie parallels to the 2015 Minsk agreement with Russia and Ukraine, The Duran lays out why this memorandum is only the opening move, not the ending. Has Iran really won, or is Washington setting up the next, bigger war in the Middle East?



Time Stamps:

00:00:00 Versailles signing of the Iran memorandum
00:02:18 Why this is only the start of negotiations
00:04:42 How Mark Levin and Ben Shapiro would view this deal
00:06:12 Comparing this memorandum to the 2015 Minsk agreement
00:07:19 Regime change ambitions before the conflict began
00:09:15 Why the US sea blockade waiting game failed
00:11:03 Trump admits the US was down to four weeks of oil
00:12:11 Trump's anger turns on Netanyahu
00:14:09 The big admission from the G7 press conference
00:16:25 Why neocons will treat this as a chance to rearm
00:19:11 Iran has won a battle but not the war
00:20:37 Russian advice behind Iran's wartime decisions
00:23:53 Why Iran took risks Russia never would
00:28:25 The symbolism of signing at Versailles
00:33:34 Macron's plan to box Trump into the next conflict

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, June 19, 2026.]