Iran’s mullahs had better start preparing for another major shift in the region. Syria shook off its Russian yoke, and new developments in the war in Ukraine are about to make Iran a lot less useful to Vladimir Putin, too.
Earlier today, Donald Trump announced that he will act to fulfill one of his key campaign pledges — to end the three-year war in Ukraine. After a prisoner exchange with Putin that sent money-launderer Alexander Vinnik back and Marc Fogel home yesterday, Putin agreed to an immediate launch of negotiations for ending the conflict:
I just had a lengthy and highly productive phone call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. We discussed Ukraine, the Middle East, Energy, Artificial Intelligence, the power of the Dollar, and various other subjects. We both reflected on the Great History of our Nations, and the fact that we fought so…
