The city of Teheran is emptying out because millions of Iranians are leaving Teheran for the countryside. This is after they were advised to do so by the Israelis and also by President Donald Trump of the US.
Iranians appeared to flee Tehran on Monday, with videos circulating on social media showing packed highways. The exodus followed an urgent warning issued by President Donald Trump, who wrote on Truth Social on Monday: "Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!"
Rumours are flying that Iranian 'Supreme Leader" Ali Khamenei may already be in Russia. The news is coming from retired Iranian generals and Indian diplomats. Two days ago President Trump cut short his attendance at the G7 Summit in Canada and returned to Washington. (Video below).
Refuting Macron, president Trump has denied that he left the G7 Summit because of Iran. Trump left the G7 because the US does not agree with imposing anymore sanctions on Russia. It is most likely that Trump will be dropping the sanctions against Russia. But why did President Trump suddenly move to drop sanctions against Russia?
Do read on.
The US will of course want to play a big role in post-Ayatollah Iran. For obvious reasons:
With about 157 billion barrels of proven crude oil, Iran holds about a quarter (24 percent) of the Middle East's and 12 percent of the world's proven oil reserves. Iran is the ninth largest oil producer globally and the fourth largest within OPEC, producing about 3.3 million barrels of crude oil per day.
Minus sanctions Iran's oil production can go past 4.0 million barrels per day. That is a lot of money. Iran's oil and gas industry is dilapidated. They are using pumps from the time of the Shah, from pre-1979 Revolution. So there are tens of billions of US Dollars of reinvestment needed in the Iranian oil and gas sector. Not to mention that 4.0 million barrels of oil per day or more. So of course The Donald is interested.
Last Saturday 14th June 2025, one day after Israel began striking Iran, President Putin telephoned President Trump. It was very unusual for Putin to call Trump. What makes it more unusual was when Mr Putin said he called Trump (urgently) to wish him Happy Birthday. How nice of him.
The real reason behind the almost hour long phone call was Iran and of course Ukraine.
- Saturday 14 June 2025.
- Trump and Putin agree Iran-Israel conflict 'should end' in hour-long phone call
- US president says Russian leader "called this morning to very nicely wish me a Happy Birthday" and to discuss tensions in the Middle East.
- US President Donald Trump has revealed details of a one-hour phone call with his Russian counterpart, in which they agreed the conflict between Israel and Iran should end.
- Posting on his Truth Social platform, Mr Trump added that he told Vladimir Putin that "his war [in Ukraine] should also end".
Most important point to keep in mind : Putin called Trump.
I believe Putin and Trump have 'Made a Deal'.
Putin provides an escape route for Ayatollah Khamenei to Moscow. Hence those rumours. With the Ayatollah gone and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards crippled the US and Israel will have an easier job of reorganising Iran post the Ayatollahs. So Trump gets Iran on a silver platter - thanks to Israel and Putin as well.
Putin has read the tea leaves and can see that the Ayatollahs days in Iran are numbered anyway. Plus Ali Khamenei is old and sick - he will probably be meeting his 72 goats soon. So why not get some benefit out of an already dying horse?
Provide asylum' to Ali Khamenei in Moscow and make it look like giving Iran to Trump on a silver platter.
Trump gets Iran, the Israelis sleep easier at night plus the Israelis will get a shopping cart full of goodies from the US, the Saudis, from Iran, from the UK, from the EU, from everywhere.
What does Putin get? Plenty. Trump agrees to drop all sanctions against Russia (which will break up NATO and the European Union). When the single largest and most important member of NATO (the USA) decides to make peace with the single largest enemy of NATO (Russia) then the rest of NATO and the European Union can go and jump in the lake. Macron will likely get another tight slap from his wife.
Putin gets to decide the fate of Ukraine. Fully invade Ukraine. Break up Ukraine and give parts to Poland and Rumania (with American help). Get endless security guarantees from the US, Poland over Ukraine. Get to keep Odessa too. Plus much much more.
Iran becomes a 100 million strong democracy. (A few ayatollahs may get hung from the lampposts before that happens). Iran will become a secular democracy with a modern electoral system. The Iranian people will likely enter an age of super prosperity and friendly co-existence with the whole world.
The Ayatollahs? The Ayatollahs get sold down the river. Because they are so damned unbelievably stupid. I have never seen a dumber set of people than men wearing beards and skirts. What a combo.
Here is a brief video by Rumanian YouTuber Sebastian Sas on Donald Trump and the G7 Summit.
