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Here are the ABCs of a reasonable Iran cease-fire deal

What must Iran agree to in any cease-fire deal?

The headline concessions are obvious: Hand over all nuclear material, destroy all nuke capabilities, open the Strait of Hormuz and stop killing your own people.

(We’d add “destroy all missile capabilities,” but the US and Israeli strikes have already done most of that.)

Tehran would also need to commit to cooperate in serious verification and monitoring of its compliance, with the details to be worked out within a set number of weeks en route to a full peace agreement — but definitely to include “anywhere, anytime” inspections.

The price for peace should also include Tehran’s commitment to internal reforms: guarantees of rights to peaceful protest, for starters.

In all: Washington needs to hear a genuine Iranian cry of “uncle,” not promises the regime can readily discard once the bombing stops.

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Again, we’re simply talking about cease-fire terms here, not a full peace deal, and even that deal won’t be the last word.

The overall goal, a future Iran that is not a fanatical terror regime, will take prolonged effort — including something like the 1975 Helsinki Accords, under which the West held the Soviet Union to a standard of upholding all human-rights norms: That opened to door for new emigration rights, glasnost and reform.

But right now, with no popular uprising in sight, the short-term aim is a world free of Iranian terror — a lasting, physical defanging of Tehran’s offensive capabilities.

Even the peace deal won’t end sanctions: Iran should have to earn its way out of those, and out of other military and economic pressure, with years of fully verified good behavior — including an end to its support of terrorism and protection of the Iranian people from this corrupt and ruthless elite.

We’re simply talking about what Tehran must commit to in order for the bombing (and other operations) to stop: It must agree to end the threats that prompted President Donald Trump to launch Operation Epic Fury.

Diplomats would go into much deeper detail.

For example: Opening the Strait, permanently and reliably, likely includes destruction of the weapons and bases used to shut it down.

Verification that the nuke program hasn’t restarted will mean robust inspections at will — not just by UN bureaucrats, but by US experts, and maybe Israeli or Arab ones, too.

The point is: The United States (and Israel) started this operation with clear, hard goals; Iran’s rulers won’t get the war to end without agreeing to make those goals a reality.

They’d be wise to do so, and cut their losses before allied forces make them regret not taking the deal while it’s on the table.

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