House Democrat slams US-Iran peace deal as 'basically a surrender document' [View all]
Source: The Hill
06/13/26 4:02 PM ET
Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) criticized the reported details of an agreement with Iran, after President Trump said the U.S. and Iran plan to sign the peace framework on Sunday. “This is a terrible deal,” Moulton told MS NOW on Saturday. “It’s basically a surrender document from Donald Trump to the supreme leader of Iran.” The Massachusetts lawmaker, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, criticized the economic and human toll of this conflict.
“I mean, $100 billion of taxpayer money already put into this war, 14 Americans dead, and we get a deal that just reopens the strait that was already open before he started the war? How is that a win?” he asked. A senior U.S. official said on Friday that the deal includes provisions to prohibit Iran’s nuclear building capabilities and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil trading waterway in the region.
On Saturday, Trump announced that a peace deal framework would be signed on Sunday, after which the strait would be reopened “immediately.” Pakistan, which has been mediating these talks, said that the agreement would be signed electronically, followed by “technical level talks” next week to reach a peace deal.
“This is just lose, lose, lose across the board for Trump and the United States of America,” Moulton told MS NOW following the president’s announcement. “And yet, I will still say that stopping this war and getting out of it is the best that we can do at this point,” he continued. “And so that’s why we are still hoping for a deal, even though we have to admit it’s a losing deal for America.” Moulton noted that the president has teased imminent deals with Iran “countless times.”
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