Mario Nawfal
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 I am becoming increasingly optimistic the quagmire in the Gulf is largely ending. Trump's Iran war gamble may be about to become the defining win of his presidency.
If the reports are accurate, the biggest Middle East breakthrough in years is on the two-yard line.
Omani negotiators and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have reportedly reached an agreement.
Now Araghchi has one job left: convince Iran's hardliners. He is optimistic he has it in the bag, according to sources close to the talks.
Behind the scenes, Trump has reportedly spent days bringing Gulf leaders on board for something much bigger than a ceasefire; a new regional order.
Türkiye, Syria, and Iraq are being positioned as the new pillars of stability, creating a network around Iran that leaves Tehran with a simple choice: join the new architecture, or risk isolation.
Achieving this will rest on two pillars. First, developing new energy corridors, including pipelines crossing Iraq-Syria-Turkey, that reduce reliance on the Strait while boosting regional prosperity. Second, weakening Iran's Axis of Resistance financially and politically to erode Tehran's ability to project power through its proxy militias.
Iran's nuclear program has been set back, its military capabilities massively degraded, NATO has been pushed to shoulder more of Europe's security, Gulf states have been reminded they must take greater responsibility for their own defense, and Hamas has been convinced to give up their weapons.
The longer-term goal is even bigger.
A Middle East where regional powers carry more of the burden, the U.S remains the ultimate guarantor, not the permanent garrison, and the Strait of Hormuz loses much of its strategic leverage.
Key players involved in helping Trump realize his vision for the Middle East are his emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Sec. Rubio, VP Vance, and Ambassador Tom Barrack, who helped weave all these relationships and deals together. On the national side, while Pakistan led in the deliberations behind the original MOU, Qatar today is playing a critical role in bridging disparate national interests.
If this vision holds, Washington won't just have ended another crisis; it may have reshaped the balance of power across the Middle East for decades to come.
