{"id":115843,"date":"2026-06-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/menaplus\/?p=115843"},"modified":"2026-06-17T07:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:46:07","slug":"maybe-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/menaplus\/2026\/06\/17\/maybe-finally\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe, finally?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Good morning, friends.<\/strong> For the first time in a long while we\u2019re writing with the wind in our backs: The framework that could end America and Israel\u2019s war with Iran is on paper. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The headline number is USD 300 bn.<\/strong> That\u2019s the private development fund at the heart of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-16\/read-the-14-point-draft-memorandum-between-the-us-and-iran?srnd=homepage-middle-east\" style=\"\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-16\/read-the-14-point-draft-memorandum-between-the-us-and-iran?srnd=homepage-middle-east\" style=\"\">14-point draft<\/a> the two sides are set to sign Friday, earmarked for energy, logistics, manufacturing, and transport in Iran. More than half of it is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/finance\/iran-deal-includes-300-billion-fund-more-than-half-which-already-committed-2026-06-16\/\" style=\"\">already committed<\/a>, sources tell Reuters \u2014 which tells you everything about how much capital has been idling on the sidelines waiting for the all-clear. The US lifts sanctions and releases frozen assets; Tehran reiterates it will never build a bomb, with the thorny questions on enriched material punted to a final agreement due within 60 days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Markets barely waited for the ink to dry.<\/strong> Oil is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/asharqbusiness.com\/power\/136788\/\" style=\"\">sliding<\/a> on expectations that Hormuz traffic returns to pre-war levels within 30 days of signing \u2014 helped along by reports the GCC has quietly been pushing more crude through the strait than anyone realized. Goldman has already <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/06\/16\/goldman-cuts-oil-forecast-as-hormuz-deal-brings-forward-supply-recovery.html\" style=\"\">taken the knife to its forecast<\/a>, rate-hike expectations are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/asharqbusiness.com\/economics\/136681\/\" style=\"\">dropping<\/a> ahead of the Fed, and Qatar says it can <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Latest-Energy-News\/World-News\/Qatar-Eyes-Quick-LNG-Restart-Once-Hormuz-Reopens.html\" style=\"\">restart most of its LNG capacity<\/a> faster than the doomsayers predicted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Before we pop the bubbly:<\/strong> Plenty of Wall Street analysts <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/06\/15\/wall-street-analysts-still-have-doubts-this-iran-deal-is-for-real.html\" style=\"\">still aren\u2019t sure this is for real<\/a>, and the fine print \u2014 who pays whom, and whether Lebanon is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-war-israel-lebanon-oil-june-16-2026-d79458506c46e3f4a78aef0f9d8b9250\" style=\"\">part of the package<\/a>, as Iran insists and Israel denies \u2014 is exactly where these things tend to come apart. Stop us if you\u2019ve heard this song before. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Your legally mandated AI aside this morning:<\/strong> Anthropic, the company behind Claude, just <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/news\/fable-mythos-access\" style=\"\">pulled the plug<\/a> on two of its models \u2014 Fable 5 and Mythos 5 \u2014 on orders from the US government, which wants them blocked from every foreign national on the planet. The reason? Washington reportedly believes there\u2019s a jailbreak that lets Fable 5 sniff out software vulnerabilities. \u2013Salma <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, friends. For the first time in a long while we\u2019re writing with the wind in our backs: The framework that could end America and Israel\u2019s war with Iran is on paper. The headline number is USD 300 bn. 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