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Javaman

(65,934 posts)
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 08:20 AM Apr 8

Three Missing Words in Ceasefire Plan Could Make a Fool of Trump

https://www.thedailybeast.com/three-missing-words-in-ceasefire-plan-could-make-a-fool-of-trump/

He added that Trump had accepted the “general framework” of Iran’s 10-point ceasefire plan as “a basis for negotiations.”

However, the Farsi-language version of Iran’s 10-point plan included a key detail that the Associated Press noted was left out of the English versions.

The plan said the country would require “continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of enrichment, lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions.”

For reasons that remain unclear, “acceptance of enrichment” was absent from the English versions shared by Iranian diplomats to journalists.

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Three Missing Words in Ceasefire Plan Could Make a Fool of Trump (Original Post) Javaman Apr 8 OP
He's already a FOOL! True Dough Apr 8 #1
This is a "smoke and mirrors" ceasefire... BH liberal Apr 8 #2
and are these the same translations that the negotiators understood rampartd Apr 8 #3
Make him a bigger fool Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 8 #4

BH liberal

(135 posts)
2. This is a "smoke and mirrors" ceasefire...
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 08:27 AM
Apr 8

that nobody should take stock in at this point. Its fabrication by the Trump administration is just another way to attempt to extricate the Fool-in-Chief from his latest self-inflicted embarrassment.

rampartd

(4,777 posts)
3. and are these the same translations that the negotiators understood
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 08:30 AM
Apr 8

or "public relations"copies aimed at domestic media.

we're probably picking up the modernization and natural gas expansions on kharg island etc

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