David Farrar: Makes the Munich agreement look strong and visionary

A (alleged) copy of the agreement between Trump and Iran has leaked, and it is hard to overstate how bad it is. Some details:

• Includes reference to no fighting in Lebanon, which will mean US will pressure Israel to not respond to attacks from Hezbollah

• A minimum $300 billion rehabilitation fund for Iran!

• All sanctions, both global and US, on Iran to end!

• No deal on nuclear programme beyond kicking it to a working group

• Iran allowed to maintain status quo nuclear programme in absence of a long-term agreement

• US to issue immediate sanctions waiver on Iranian oil

• US to release all frozen funds to Iran

I can only hope this is a clever forgery and bears no relation to the actual agreement!

UPDATE: Sadly it is not a forgery. Bloomberg has confirmed it is the actual deal.

David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders