Can the security architecture hold long enough for any money to matter?

A proposed $300 billion investment fund has emerged as one of the most consequential-and politically explosive-features of the U.S.-Iran framework agreement, turning what began as a war-ending diplomatic effort into a test of whether private capital can be used as a substitute for reparations, sanctions relief and state-to-state reconstruction aid. This, of course, is the part where we ‘give’ Iran $300 billion – though what it actually is and does hasn’t been disclosed until now. This isn’t unfrozen Iranian assets, and is separate from parallel talks over sanctions relief. Read on and decide for yourself whether Reuters is simply polishing a turd.

According to Reuters, the fund is not designed as a direct U.S. payment to Tehran, nor as a government-backed reparations program. It is described instead as a private investment vehicle intended to unlock large-scale capital for Iran once a final U.S.-Iran deal is signed. More than half of the $300 billion has already been committed, a source with direct knowledge of the arrangement told Reuters, with pledged financing spanning companies and investors from the United States, Gulf Arab states, Asia, South America and Africa.

The fund, reportedly to be called the Reconstruction and Development Fund, would target sectors central to Iran’s postwar recovery and long-term economic reintegration: energy, logistics, manufacturing, transport and broader infrastructure. It would not become operational immediately. Instead, the current memorandum of understanding is expected to structure a 60-day negotiating period during which fund administrators, Iranian officials and prospective investors would scope projects and establish terms.

That timing is crucial. The fund is not the deal itself. It is a prize held behind a series of political, nuclear and security conditions.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/300-billion-wager-inside-private-fund-center-us-iran-framework

 

So — if I have this correct — Iran claims they are being paid $300 Billion to settle — the US claims they are being paid $0 — but a $300B  “Reconciliation and Development Fund” is being structured OUTSIDE the political deal — and both sides have 60 days to consumate the “deals” — thus both parties can claim to be correct to their respective citizens — both can use semantics to claim whatever they want to claim — with the exception of  Israel which did not achieve the desired regime change and has continued to bomb Lebanon despite knowing that this might cause this peace deal to collapse …………. https://goldtadise.com/?p=700425