THE NEW ATLAS
w. Brian Berletic
US•Iran "MOU" Sets Stage for Renewed US Siege
•In the most recent phase of the US’ decades-running war on Iran, Iran has simply “survived,” not “won;”
•The US already has two excuses ready and waiting to undo any agreement it makes with Iran including its long-established and well-used “Leave it to Bibi” option and the US’ own “intelligence community” preparing to accuse Iran of not abiding by any agreement made;
•Both options have been repeatedly used by the US to unilaterally withdraw from previous agreements made with Iran as well as to provoke armed aggression against Iran;
•The US has also discussed using its terrorist proxies in Syria now controlling the US-toppled nation to fight Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon as a means of sidestepping provisions in the US-Iranian agreement requiring the US proxy Israel to end military aggression in Lebanon;
•OPEC monthly oil reports from January and April 2026 indicate a nearly 20% decrease in energy production;
•This 20% decrease in production is the result of physical damage to energy production infrastructure from missile exchanges during the war, the filling up of storage facilities and the necessity to temporarily stop production because of that, and other factors;
•The timeline for restoring this 20% reduction in West Asian energy production spans anywhere from 6 months to a year or more;
•Within that window, the US can restart aggression and disrupt recovery by either reducing it back to a 20% reduction, or even further as part of its energy blockade of both China and Asia;
•Meanwhile the US continues expanding its confrontations with all other pillars of the emerging multipolar world including Russia and China;
