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Do not forget the Iranian people who still suffer, President Trump

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President Donald Trump has announced that Washington and Tehran have signed an agreement with two pillars: reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ensuring the Islamic Republic cannot develop a nuclear weapon.

While the details, including the sequencing of concessions such as sanctions relief, are yet to be publicized, the Iranian people remain absent from the agenda.

The true path to lasting regional stability runs through the Iranian people — the regime’s primary existential threat and the Middle East’s largest anti-Islamist and most pro-American and pro-Israeli population.

Unsurprisingly, Tehran’s propaganda machine is already spinning the narrative, declaring victory and claiming it was able to “impose its will on” the United States.

But Washington’s failure to publicize the deal means many Iranians are hearing only the regime’s side of the story.

With restrictions from Iran’s longest internet blackout beginning to ease, Trump now has an opportunity to speak directly to the millions of Iranians........

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