Watch what Washington does to its friends, not what it says about them. This week, that lesson was delivered in the Middle East – and Kyiv should be taking notes.

The US president said he wanted to avoid an economic catastrophe by ending his war with Iran, but the text of the agreement shows major concessions for the regime.

The MoU is really just an agenda for conversations that are still to come. But for an Iranian government for whom survival alone was a victory, it has the makings of a jackpot.