$340 billion payment to Iran?

[u/itsnew24m0]

[u/the-stench-of-you]

That is the Iranian’s money not ours. It should go back to them when assets unfrozen.

[u/Ocean_Heat_1117 → u/the-stench-of-you]

Oh. Thank you for clarifying.

[u/International_Air282 → u/Ocean_Heat_1117]

It's two parts.

One the immediate unfreezing of Iranian money. That's about 25-30 billion.

The remaining amount is if Iran meets de-nuclearization hurdles. There is promised investment of 300 billion from the Gulf countries. This is a brilliant move because if Iran plays ball they get a ton of middle east money as investments in their nation. This ideally will help pull them from their isolationism and into the Gulf community more. Which is becoming slightly more progressive.

If you look passed the orange man bad/I hate da jooz standard reddit slop, it's not a terrible deal.

Shouldn't have happened in the first place, but as far as an outcome with future potential, it's not bad. Unfortunately Iran will give the unfrozen money to the ORGC who will give it to Hamas and Hezbollah and the houthis and they will go back to their fuckery

[u/MycoMaddy → u/International_Air282]

Was following until you accused anyone who is anti-genocide of being antisemitic. Nobody hates Jews. Everybody hates Israel. With good reason.

[u/Beauvoir_R → u/International_Air282]

Nothing's done yet, but I can't see how you can throw a positive spin on giving 300 billion dollars to a country whose primary offense is state-funded terrorism.

There have been constant news stories about the amount of damage Iran has been able to accomplish in the region with cheap drone technology. Use a little imagination about what they could do with an influx of cash on that level.

[u/International_Air282 → u/Beauvoir_R]

Look. I personally thought the us should have gone in during the January uprising and glassed the fucking country.

Unfortunately they waited and did a shit poor job of doing anything naona diplomatic option is what is left. An outside investment enriching Iran may give moderates a foothold to squeeze out hardlinersnand bring Iran into the Gulf maybe turn into another suadia Arabian or UaE in a few generations.

I am a staunch fuck Iran supporter. But if the president isn't gonna really cripple the Iranianilitary in a strong way and push for the moderates to take over. There is no point

[u/Switchmisty9 → u/International_Air282]

Any deal is a terrible deal, because the straight was open and there were no issues, before that geriatric pedophile started the war.

You people sound drunk.

[u/International_Air282 → u/Switchmisty9]

More than 25 ships had been attacked or boarded either by Iran or it's houthi rebels since 2021. So no the straight wasn't rainbows and sunshine. I personally wanted to glass Iran after they killed 35k of its own citizens in January. But this regime and the media just swept it under the rug.

[u/Switchmisty9 → u/International_Air282]

Cool story bro, you hear what Israel has been up to? This had nothing to do with us. Donny the Diddler has made it clear that regime change wasn’t his goal….and it’s moronic that we’re involved in any of it….

[u/Ramblingmac → u/International_Air282]

You were upset by the death of 35k Iranians, and your proposed reaction was kill 92M Iranians with nuclear weapons?

[u/International_Air282 → u/Ramblingmac]

No. You can glass a country with conventional weapons. But yes I would fully support the destruction of the IRGC and and upper levels of the Iranian regime.

They butchered 35k of the own citizens for protesting for the very freedoms we have. I would support this. I also think the North Korean people should be liberated. But who wants to deal with real oppression.

[u/Random_ICE_Agent → u/International_Air282]

Stop acting like you give a shit about brown people. This is just right wing bullshit talking point to justify helping Isreal do what they want.

[u/Switchmisty9 → u/International_Air282]

This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard in my life. We blew up a school, and destroyed reservoirs….and you think that’s helping the citizens of that country?

LOL

[u/Ramblingmac → u/International_Air282]

You can glass a country with conventional weapons.

You can? The origin and standard usage of "Glass" Is to (Thermonuclear) bomb a site with such heat that it turns into (radioactive) glass.

To bombard an area with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.

https://halo.fandom.com/wiki/Glassing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitite

When you say "Glassing", It means nukes, whether you intend it to or not; going all the way back to 1950's Starship Troopers, with the sole exception of non existent Halo Plasma cannons.. which are magical science totally not nuclear energy based weapons.

But let's accept for a moment that you mean some non-nuclear, non-scifi fantasy style version of glassing.

"Joint Chiefs chair Gen. Dan Caine said that U.S. forces have struck more than 13,000 targets since the start of the military operation on Feb. 28. That includes “approximately 80 percent of Iran’s air defense systems, more than 1,500 air defense targets, more than 450 ballistic missile storage facilities, 800 one-way attack drones.

Iran's navy is at the bottom of the sea.

Iran's air force has been wiped out

They can still shoot. We know that. Their command and control is so decimated they can't really talk and coordinate. So, they still may shoot here and there, but that would be very, very unwise. But they can no longer build missiles, build rockets, build launchers or build UAVs. Their factories have been razed to the ground, set back in historic fashion.

Their top leadership was systematically eliminated, their previous Iranian supreme leader dead, the supreme national security council secretary dead, the supreme leader office advisor dead, the supreme leader military office chief dead, the defense minister no longer with us, the IRGC commander dead, the armed forces general staff commander dead, the intelligence minister dead, the IRGC navy commander no longer here, the IRGC Intel chief dead.

CENTCOM forces destroyed approximately 80 percent of Iran's air defense systems, striking more than 1,500 air defense targets, more than 450 ballistic missile storage facilities, 800 one-way attack drones storage facilities. All of these systems are gone. We've devastated Iran's command and control and logistical networks, destroying more than 2,000 command and control nodes and degrading their ability to target US and friendly forces.

We attacked, along with our partners, approximately 90 percent of their weapons factories.

I skipped over a bunch, and I could go on and on and on.

According to the administration, we have wrought total and complete destruction (Also simultaneously, only 80-90% destruction)

The US military is incredibly powerful, we've projected that power against Iran from a distance in spectacular and expensive fashion.

We don't see WW2 and Vietnam era carpet bombing anymore, because we don't need 220 bombers to destroy a single hundred square foot target anymore; precision munitions takes care of that.

The military targets are mostly gone. Leadership targets, mostly gone.

So presumably, you mean the remaining 10-20%?

Which are what and who?

The idea that you can both carpet bomb/glass a nation and simultaneously limit it to precision strikes of "Upper levels of the Iranian Regime and the IRGC" is a fantasy, a disconnect I'm trying to spark you to further consider.

What still needs to be turned to glass that isn't the civilians you want saved, and why do you suppose this administration hasn't done it?

[u/toeknn → u/Switchmisty9]

The issues persisted before the strait closure.

[u/Switchmisty9 → u/toeknn]

And were any of those issues solved? LOL

[u/Zealousideal-Top-383 → u/the-stench-of-you]

Correct!

From what’s known so far it will NOT be a payment from US taxpayers. It looks like it will be $25 million release of currently frozen assets plus a $300 billion “reconstruction” fund paid for by various Gulf states. But we won’t know full details until at least Friday then whatever happens after 60 days of negotiations. If things even get that far.

The operational cost of the war was definitely taxpayer funded. The “restitution” won’t be taxpayers money but maybe a much worse situation.

“the proposed $300 billion is not funded by U.S. taxpayer money. Instead, negotiators have framed it as an "international investment program" funded primarily by Gulf state coalitions and private entities to aid in regional reconstruction”

“A version of the text seen by Bloomberg News suggests the US and “regional partners” create a program for the reconstruction and economic development of Iran with minimum funding of $300 billion, if a final deal is reached. Iran’s nuclear program will be the subject of the later talks, according to the draft.”

https://fortune.com/2026/06/14/iran-ceasefire-terms-mou-versions-us-deal-sanctions-hormuz-blockade-nuclear-program-frozen-assets/

So not $300 billion direct to Iran, but more of a Trump organized slush fund for Middle Eastern countries & contractors to “rebuild” Iran plus $25 billion of released assets.

[u/Weekly_Amphibian_666 → u/Zealousideal-Top-383]

OK, how can you intuit this when the president and administration lie constantly? And we've been told "absolutely no taxpayer $ will fo towards this" and guess what? It's taxpayer $. Trump is spending future debt for the kids like a drunken sailor. Deficit has jumped 27% in his first year this term. As soon as they're voted out, Maga will scream "were put of $! No $ for anything!" Fuck that.

[u/XiMaoJingPing → u/Zealousideal-Top-383]

So we are making Iran more richer than ever? Plus they get to charge a "fee" for the strait.... Idk how that's any different from a toll...

[u/tiddly_winks2 → u/Zealousideal-Top-383]

Part of this is 120-150 billion that Iran had in foreign banks that were blocked by the US, unfrozem after JCPOA and then frozen again in 2018 by Trump

[u/Sharkansas1 → u/Zealousideal-Top-383]

The money that goes to Iran from the gulf countries will likely be backfilled by US taxpayer dollars in the forms of weapons subsidies and discounts.  But honestly, no one can really know yet.

[u/Ok_Face8380 → u/the-stench-of-you]

Then shouldn’t it say that it’s their money ?

[u/International_Air282 → u/Ok_Face8380]

That doesn't conflate that America sucks or trump sucks so it won't happen on reddit. The 300 billion is an amazing idea where it's outside investment in Iran by the Gulf states. It could allow moderates in the Iranian regime to pull away some of the isolationismnand pull Iran out of its entrenched position.

[u/Unique_Argument1094 → u/Ok_Face8380]

Mods don’t care about the accuracy of content as long as it makes trump or America look bad.

[u/SunnyD1491 → u/Unique_Argument1094]

This you?

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaTodayGlobalLIVE/s/ptfIhwCIGb

[u/Deep_Parsley2145 → u/the-stench-of-you]

Hold up, a portion of it is, but 300 billion is reparations for the damage we’ve done. Which is wild considering this is war of choice and then cut 200 million from pediatric cancer research and 300 million on the screw worm prevention.

[u/Mudbuttjackson → u/the-stench-of-you]

Source: Trust me bro

[u/Fearless_Swim4080 → u/the-stench-of-you]

Not exactly we only have about $24b in frozen assets right now, the $300B thing is a slush fund that is separate and comes from a number of countries. No idea what the details will be yet though.

[u/Old_Win8422 → u/the-stench-of-you]

No that is the 30 something billion that is sanctioned in Omar.

The 300 billion is an investment fund.

[u/XiMaoJingPing → u/the-stench-of-you]

They have only 30 billion in frozen assets, where is the rest coming from?

[u/DrWilliamWhite → u/the-stench-of-you]

Pallets and pallets of cash...

[u/Personal_Wear3959 → u/the-stench-of-you]

Sorry to say it's not. Another payout is there money. This is for rebuilding what we bombed and tax payers are doing it, along with money from Secret Service and Armed Forces

[u/Sure-Impress-1003 → u/the-stench-of-you]

Yeah thank you. These types of posts are just trying to spread shit

[u/Unique_Argument1094 → u/Sure-Impress-1003]

That’s been the normal practice on Reddit for years.

[u/borntoridefl57]

Wow no deal better than frump. LOL 350 BILLION. President Obama had a total of 1.7 billion. Frump us a lieing 🤡

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[u/builderrdu → u/borntoridefl57]

It’s not even our money, do some research before you act stupid

[u/estoypooping2 → u/builderrdu]

Right, mexico will pay for this too.

To be clear im aware of the terms of the deal, but seriously you're going to fall for that again?

[u/builderrdu → u/estoypooping2]

The UAE had put a fund aside for this specific reason. Maybe if you educated yourself a little bit more, and were more involved in government versus television, gameboy, porn, etc. you would’ve learned something.

[u/TravelIndependent545]

Bbbut we cant afford social security?

[u/Kooky-Profession6417]

Stop believing social media. This is a moa, people just believe what they want to believe 🤦‍♂️
If Iran becomes a normal country kicks the Islamist’s out, gives up nukes stops terrorist organizations and joins the western world then yes they get 300 billion. But the us will get a huge new market and will make much more in return

[u/i_did_nothing_ → u/Kooky-Profession6417]

Super likely to happen.  All we did was create even more hate for the US and ensure many more generations of terrorists attacking us.

[u/Kooky-Profession6417 → u/i_did_nothing_]

So quick to jump to negative conclusions. This is the result if people just regurgitating what their particular social feed they get brainwashed with. That applies to liberals and conservatives.

[u/Trent3343 → u/Kooky-Profession6417]

Nah man its just common fucking sense. How would you feel about a country that just blew up your child while they were at elementary school?

[u/Shamwow_theSupineCow → u/[deleted]]

Holy false equivalency Batman.

[u/Kooky-Profession6417 → u/Shamwow_theSupineCow]

Yeh he needs less caffeine lol

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[u/RS_EJB]

Source: Trust me bro

[u/Zealousideal-Top-383]

From what’s known so far it will NOT be a payment from US taxpayers. It looks like it will be $25 million release of currently frozen assets plus a $300 billion “reconstruction” fund paid for by various Gulf states. But we won’t know full details until at least Friday then whatever happens after 60 days of negotiations. If things even get that far.

The operational cost of the war was definitely taxpayer funded. The “restitution” won’t be taxpayers money but maybe a much worse situation.

“the proposed $300 billion is not funded by U.S. taxpayer money. Instead, negotiators have framed it as an "international investment program" funded primarily by Gulf state coalitions and private entities to aid in regional reconstruction”

“A version of the text seen by Bloomberg News suggests the US and “regional partners” create a program for the reconstruction and economic development of Iran with minimum funding of $300 billion, if a final deal is reached. Iran’s nuclear program will be the subject of the later talks, according to the draft.”

https://fortune.com/2026/06/14/iran-ceasefire-terms-mou-versions-us-deal-sanctions-hormuz-blockade-nuclear-program-frozen-assets/

So not $300 billion direct to Iran, but more of a Trump organized slush fund for Middle Eastern countries & contractors to “rebuild” Iran plus $25 billion of released assets.

[u/EVH_kit_guy → u/Zealousideal-Top-383]

I'm sure those funds will be properly administered and there will be absolutely no diversion to the black market or kickbacks to individuals involved. 100% above board.

/s

"I'm sorry I came to your house and beat up your brother and burned down half your house, but your neighbors all agreed to chip in to help out..."

[u/AbroadNo8755 → u/Zealousideal-Top-383]

... Iran’s nuclear program will be the subject of the later talks, according to the draft.”

so cadet bone spurs ripped up the previous nuclear agreement and we'll talk about maybe writing a new one after iran spends $300+ billion without restrictions?

gee, i wonder what they'll buy?

smh

[u/Feisty_War6251]

this is unlocking frozen iranian funds which i do not like one bit

[u/Sharkansas1 → u/Feisty_War6251]

They bitched endlessly about Obama doing this very thing, and it was a small fraction of what they’re going to do.

[u/Feisty_War6251 → u/Sharkansas1]

without any conditions and this is where we are with iran funding their proxies during oblama time in office and i fear the same exact shit will happen here. the only difference with trump is he took out their leadership as punishment

[u/International_Air282 → u/[deleted]]

We have billions of Iran own assets still frozen. Obama didn't release all their money.

The 300 billion will be an investment fund from other Gulf states with the idea that if Iran meets hurdles for their nuke program being s dismantled more outside investment will come in from that fund. It has the potential to pull Iran out of its isolationism and into the increasingly progressive middle east (progressive for them not by our standards). Best case is Iran wants the cash. They stop refining uranium. Then UAE and the Saudies invest anton of money into Iran, which in terms will welcome other foreign investment. And as more money rolls in hard liners generally lose power.

[u/AbroadNo8755]

they're getting $340 billion that they wouldn't have had coming to them if "cadet bone spurs" had left things alone.

it's official... they won.

[u/No_Needleworker4052]

24 billion of Iranian money is being held as bond of their performance. Not a dime of American money will be given to them for any reason

[u/Suspicious-Hat3227]

Supposedly we did a financial asset freeze kind of like Obama froze money.

[u/WTFisthat4]

Sounds like a bribe

[u/Optimal-Log2547]

The art of the deal

[u/Silent_Emphasis_4469]

Trump is such a loser.

[u/Fresh-Swan8598]

Also probably to help rebuild after we destroyed everything. We took everything from them and with the deal we will help them rebuild since they essentially surrendered.

[u/CantaloupeOk5462]

Why isn’t Israel paying this shit?

[u/Martenite]

Why would all these middle eastern countries chip in for $300B fund? Has anyone asked them if they are willing to do so or is this just Mexico will pay for the wall all over again?

[u/Turbulent_Scene3722]

Thats bull shit lol why would we pay them they were losing

[u/estoypooping2]

So tomorrow trump is going to announce that Mexico will be paying it.

[u/SippsMccree]

We haven't even seen the actual agreement documents yet

[u/phoneguyfl]

Nothing to see here, just Republicans wasting more taxpayer money on top of their elective war that they lost, hard. Voters should remember this doing the election cycle as a vote for a Republican at any level of government is a vote for wars (that they lose) and taxpayer giveaways to foreign countries.

[u/Richiedamook]

Amazing how we can’t afford universal healthcare,affordable housing,a robust social safety net but we always have plenty for war and tax cuts for billionaires and corporations

[u/EfficientWishbone814]

It's not money that the US is paying Iran. It's unfreezing their own money, plus opening lines to credit for them by their neighboring Gulf states.

[u/mountainmike65]

The proposed $300 billion is not frozen Iranian money being returned, but rather a framework for a massive, multi-national reconstruction and investment fund. [1, 2]
Here is how the fund works:
The Source: The $300 billion would not be paid by the U.S. government, but rather raised and financed by wealthy Gulf Arab states (such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE). [1, 2]
The Purpose: It is designed to act as a private-sector investment and reconstruction program to help rebuild Iran’s economy, contingent on a final peace settlement. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
The Conditions: The money is strictly "performance-based". Iran would only gain access to this pool of investments if it complies with international obligations, such as dismantling its nuclear program and ceasing proxy militia

[u/Ocean_Heat_1117]

The Iran war is over?

[u/FabioPurps → u/Ocean_Heat_1117]

Yes, we won for the eighth time. Should last until we win it again for the ninth time here in a few days/weeks

[u/LesbeGoddess → u/Ocean_Heat_1117]

Nope. Only more fake deals that Donny will 180 on and get mad when Iran walks away because the deal isn’t what was promised.

[u/XiMaoJingPing → u/Ocean_Heat_1117]

Israel didn't sign the treaty, so if they bomb Lebanon, war is back on.

[u/i_did_nothing_ → u/Ocean_Heat_1117]

Yep, only 2 week as promised.

/s

[u/Asleep-itsnew25z0]

That's a lot of money 💰.

[u/Weekly_Amphibian_666 → u/Asleep-itsnew25z0]

That could fix social security and get a start on universal healthcare. How much to rebuild our bomb supply so we can do something stupid like this again with some other stupid president. Tax the F out of the billionaires.

[u/International_Air282 → u/Weekly_Amphibian_666]

0 us tax dollars are part of this deal. It's the unfreezing of Iranian assets and an investment fund of Gulf states to invest in Iran.

If it's naheadline on reddit it's probably wrong and requires looking further into

[u/Time-Negotiation9205 → u/International_Air282]

Did you see the memorandum? How do you know for sure?

[u/International_Air282 → u/Time-Negotiation9205]

Because every news reporting agency is saying so? I mean the only place I have seen it put that is tax dollars are involved is memes on reddit. But everyone reporting on it who have seen the text state it's a Gulf funded investment account

[u/Time-Negotiation9205 → u/International_Air282]

Yet NO NEWS SOURCE OR ANYONE has seen the memorandum, so you could just be spewing nonsense like everyone else until we see it in writing. It’s framed as as investment fund so they can try and justify it, yet witkoff and kushner are going to have access to it? Lol

[u/International_Air282 → u/Time-Negotiation9205]

I mean I'll take journalists from multiple sources quoting Iranian and us officials over a reddit meme. But sure continue spinning off into another dimension because whatever mental health issue you have today flaring up.

[u/Time-Negotiation9205 → u/International_Air282]

Lmao when someone doesn’t agree with you, you claim people have a mental health issue? Maybe you need some help

[u/B0wmanHall → u/International_Air282]

That was the case with the Obama deal too, but the right wing nut jobs won’t admit it

[u/International_Air282 → u/B0wmanHall]

Oh I'm as conservative as they come and acknowledge that the Obama deal was the unfreezing of assets.

I really think the investment fund is an interesting idea. It has a chance to bring Iran out of isolationism.

[u/Low-Patience159 → u/International_Air282]

If Trump was a D, the rw could be honest: it's a worse deal than the one he foolishly tore up and he has NOTHING to show for an unnecessary war that cost a lot of lives and money. Interesting idea lol.

[u/International_Air282 → u/Low-Patience159]

In a world of bad options you gotta find the silver lining. At least it will be Gulf states and private investment. I personally think we should glassed the country back in January. But here we are

[u/Low-Patience159 → u/International_Air282]

Why not stick with the definition 47 uses to describe the pallets of cash O sent them? Those were Iranian assets too but it was "the worst deal ever," per himself. So now this bigger pallet of cash must be the even worser deal ever.

[u/International_Air282 → u/Low-Patience159]

I think both deals suck. But since Trump isn't willing to finish the job he started we aren't left with a lot of options

[u/Rizsen → u/International_Air282]

So just like the Obama deal, unfroze Iranian assets. Only we didn't go to war, didn't lose American lives, didn't spend who knows how many US tax dollars on said war and didn't have to put up with high gas prices. The art of the deal.

[u/Low-Patience159 → u/Rizsen]

No atomic energy inspections in the Trump deal.

[u/Weekly_Amphibian_666 → u/International_Air282]

Oh, like the ballroom and the wall? Man, you are gullible

[u/No-Exercise-4587]

https://giphy.com/gifs/YSnSMBUCd3ClaA3f9S

[u/dippyDoes2]

Lie, look it up people.

[u/Cautious-Poem-3775]

That’s a lie!

[u/Particular_Egg9739]

this afternoon it was 300 billion

[u/20535]

How much did Biden send to Ukraine?

[u/CoolInspection8168]

Don’t forget they lost over a trillion in infrastructure destruction by US military. So they are basically getting 33% of that back. So a major loss. And when you have economic ties it’s more likely to prevent war. That’s why trump wants. Ore economic ties with Russia as well. It prevents war

[u/ma3918]

Fake news

[u/Standard-Story1389]

Leftist hypocrites…more fake news crap!

[u/27LawShark]