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🔠🅰️🔠🔠2️⃣ Beijing has every reason to step in. China is Iran’s largest oil customer and has invested billions in the country through the Belt and Road Initiative. A nuclear Iran or a never-ending Middle East war would threaten its energy lifelines and trade routes. Acting as a guarantor would also hand Beijing real leverage over Tehran, Washington, and the entire post-war setup—exactly the kind of great-power play it’s been looking for. Russia’s motives are narrower but still significant. Iranian drones are helping sustain its Ukraine conflict, but a nuclear-armed Iran creates its own problems in Central Asia and unsettles its partners. Negotiating a deal would also give Putin something he rarely finds: a convenient way to regain international respect. A realistic agreement could require Iran to verifiably dismantle its nuclear weapons program, transfer its enriched uranium to a third country, and accept strict international inspections for a limited civilian nuclear program. In return, it would get security assurances and sanctions relief. Proxy militias would be handled separately. It is not perfect for anyone. Israel would have to drop hopes of regime change. Washington would have to accept commitments that go beyond what Trump likely wants. Tehran would face tougher inspections than under the 2015 deal. And China and Russia would have to act as honest guarantors, a role neither has ever fully played. But both have practical reasons to make it work rather than watch the region slide into full nuclear chaos. Still, there is a far simpler path that none of the formal frameworks even considers because it requires no negotiations at all: Trump declares victory and walks away. Trump has to declare victory at this point. The ingredients are already in place. He can still credibly claim he set Iran’s nuclear program back, destroyed much of its navy and air force, hammered its missile sites, and eliminated key regime figures. His April 1 speech already laid the groundwork by signaling that the main objectives were nearly met. Continuing the war is becoming a political liability. Oil prices could push the economy into recession. A missile strike that kills American troops or a hostage situation that drags on could shift public opinion overnight. With negotiations going nowhere, staying in the fight offers only downsides. Most current diplomatic conversations completely ignore this very real possibility. Instead of facing it head-on, mediators keep chasing an impossible solution. They are missing the most likely outcome: this war will not be ended by any agreement. It will end when a president decides the story is over. That is not how wars usually end. But it may be exactly how this one does. #trump#iran#victory#ceasefire 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸