{"id":78228,"date":"2026-06-17T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/trump-says-iran-can-keep-some-missiles-in-peace-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:16:00","slug":"trump-says-iran-can-keep-some-missiles-in-peace-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/trump-says-iran-can-keep-some-missiles-in-peace-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Iran can keep some missiles in peace deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By ELINA SHIRAZI, US SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

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In a stunning departure from decades of established US foreign policy, President Donald Trump revealed that a forthcoming peace agreement with Iran will likely allow the regime to retain its conventional ballistic missiles. Standing before reporters at the G7 meeting in France, the President argued that a complete ban is unrealistic because ‘they got to have some.’ ‘What am I going to do? Am I going to let Saudi Arabia have missiles, but they can’t have them?’ Trump said during the briefing. ‘Missiles aren’t the problem. They hurt a little location, but they don’t blow up the planet.’ A reporter pressed Trump, saying one of the goals of Epic Fury was to destroy Iran’s ballistic missiles. ‘What are they keeping? They have less than other nations now. The rest of them are underground. They can’t even get them out,’ Trump said in defense, adding that they have already knocked out about 85% of their missiles. The President also said that he might stick around for the signing of the memorandum on Friday, but added that it ‘might not be the kind of document’ he should sign.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Trump jokes about shifting blame to VP<\/h2>\n
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Then he half-jokingly said his Vice President could own the fallout if a deal goes south. ‘I like that idea. This way, if it works out, I’m going to take the credit. If it doesn’t work out, I’m blaming JD. You better be careful, JD. He’s going to turn his plane around and get the hell out of here,’ Trump said menacingly. For months, Rubio centered his argument for military action against Iran on the necessity of neutralizing the nation’s missile capabilities. He labeled the regime’s unwillingness to negotiate regarding its arsenal a ‘big problem’ and an ‘unsustainable threat,’ asserting that Tehran maintained weaponry ‘solely designed to attack America and attack Americans.’<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Missile debate shapes U.S.-Iran policy<\/h2>\n
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For generations, every American administration has maintained a strict ‘red line’ against Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities. The issue was a big criticism in President Barack Obama’s 2015 agreement, which explicitly excluded missiles because Iran refused to negotiate them – a move that hawks, including Trump himself during his first term, heavily criticized. At the UN General Assembly in 2017, Trump said: ‘We cannot let a murderer’s regime continue these destabilizing activities while building dangerous missiles.’ Trump ultimately withdrew from the Obama’s agreement in 2018, citing the missile program as ‘unfinished business’ and subsequently launched a maximum pressure campaign that demanded total missile restrictions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Trump reverses course on Iran missiles<\/h2>\n
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However, speaking to reporters about a new memorandum of understanding, Trump broke not only with his predecessors but with his own historical stance by conceding that Iran would likely retain a missile arsenal. His sudden concession that Iran ‘has to have’ them isn’t just a break from establishment bipartisan policy; it’s a U-turn on his own first-term record. The new roadmap aimed at freezing Middle East hostilities, providing economic relief to Iran and initiating a ’60day negotiating process’ has triggered intense debate on both sides. The primary flashpoint is a provision that could potentially create a staggering ‘$300 billion reconstruction and development fund for Iran,’ raising sharp questions about whether the proposed incentives concede too much.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

A sweeping deal reshapes regional dynamics<\/h2>\n
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The debate centers on a still officially unreleased memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran. According to reports detailing the document, the temporary framework is designed to halt further escalation after months of intense conflict that recently peaked with American strikes on Iranian nuclear installations and left the region on the brink of an allout war. Rather than focusing strictly on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, the sweeping agreement reportedly encompasses almost every critical geopolitical pressure point in the area, including Lebanon, the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions policy, maritime security and the future presence of American forces in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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By ELINA SHIRAZI, US SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 14:16 EDT, 17 June 2026 | Updated: 14:16 EDT, 17 June 2026 In a stunning departure from decades of established US foreign policy, President Donald Trump revealed that a forthcoming peace agreement with Iran will likely allow the regime to retain its conventional ballistic missiles. Standing before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-donald-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}