Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityAnalysis The economic benefits promised to Tehran are the prize for conducting successful negotiations with President Trump, who decided to cut his losses. However, the strategic outcomes are far more significant: Iran will be able to return to the international community as a legitimate powerShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe08:59 PM • June 19 2026 IDT"Everything we sought to achieve through military action, we obtained several times over through negotiation; it was not even comparable," Iranian parliament chair Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Wednesday night during a victory lap around local media.CommentsIn the NewsAfter It Won the Qualifiers, Iran Now Seeks a Path to the Final on Its Own TermsIsrael, Hezbollah Agree to Cease-fire in Lebanon, Israeli Official SaysTrump's Iran Deal Castrates Netanyahu, but It's Still Catastrophic for IsraelInside Israel's Other War: Fighting the Quiet Dismantling of DemocracyJewish National Fund Helps Settler Group Evict East Jerusalem Palestinian FamilyRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East Ablaze'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeIsrael Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West BankFork Found in Kitchen: Israelis Have Discovered the Occupation