Posted originally on Jun 16, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

QUESTION: Marty, are your sources confirming the reports that Iran is seeking a ceasefire in exchange for resuming nuclear negotiations?

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ANSWER: Yes. Tehran has asked the three central Arab states, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman, to apply pressure on President Trump to use his influence on Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire in return for Iranian flexibility in nuclear negotiations. I am not sure Iran realizes that this is a Neocon operation that has circumvented Trump in both Ukraine and the Middle East.

Netanyahu is a Neocon and was friends with Bill Kristol. Both were in Philadelphia. I can confirm that Iran has no intention of attacking US bases or personnel. That would be a worst-case scenario that Iran wants to avoid. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is not the reckless type. He tends to be very cautious, and I do not see him considering a direct fight with the US. My concern is a Neocon false flag to blame Iran for an attack to get Trump to respond.

Netanyahu insisted on Monday that Israel’s campaign against Iran was “changing the face of the Middle East“, as the two countries traded heavy strikes for a fourth day. This is the end goal of the Neocons – the destruction of Iran or to reduce it to an insignificant state. There is no exit strategy since Israel is incapable of exterminating the Iranian nuclear facilities. This is why the Neocons are really trying to get Trump to commit to taking out Iran.

This is by no means an isolated event. This is all connected with the Neocons pushing Ukraine as the sacrificial lamb on their objective, also to destroy Russia.

A US attack would likely have the ability to destroy Iran’s most well-protected nuclear sites, and give the Israelis a far stronger position. The more sensible approach would be for Iran to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, which lies between itself and Oman, immediately stopping the transit of millions of barrels of oil a day. That would send oil prices skyrocketing, and that would be the more practical approach economically. If crude point continues to make new highs AFTER this week, it may yet test the $100 level by July.

Given the desires of the NEOCONS, they will fight tooth & nail to destroy Iran utterly. They have been waiting their entire life for this moment and pray to drag in Russia or China, if not both, to then force Trump to go to war.