In an opinion piece, Abu Saleh, an analyst for the Arabic desk, criticizes U.S. Vice President JD Vance for heavily promoting the US-Iran MOU, then going silent during 13 nights of American strikes, and then unexpectedly raising a problem with General Dan Kaine that halted a planned powerful attack on Iran last Friday. He calls the sequence a 'show' and questions whether anyone believes it.
An opinion piece by Abu Saleh, an analyst for the Arabic desk, sharply criticizes the conduct of U.S. Vice President JD Vance during the U.S.-Iran crisis. According to the analysis, Vance was deeply involved in promoting the 14-clause memorandum of understanding with Iran, giving dozens of interviews daily to sell the framework. But after the MOU collapsed and the U.S. launched 13 nights of strikes, Vance fell silent — neither granting interviews nor posting on social media. The Pentagon took center stage.
Abu Saleh claims that on Friday, when a powerful attack on Iran was planned, Vance suddenly reemerged with General Dan Kaine and raised a problem that allegedly appeared out of nowhere, halting the operation in one minute. The analyst calls the entire sequence a staged show and asks whether anyone believes it.
The Zioneer has previously reported extensively on Vance's role in the MOU process, including his description of the framework as a general document (June 16), his warning to Iran (June 27), and his admission of secret 'gentlemen's agreements' (June 18). The present analysis questions the consistency of Vance's actions, but the claims about the planned attack being halted remain unverified from other sources.
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