Four Fingers News — Wednesday, June 24, 2026 (Corrected)
Day 117. Somebody asked the three men running this whether inspectors will actually walk into the sites we bombed, and got three different answers. Trump says Iran ‘completely agreed,’ and threatened to end the talks if it turns out they didn’t. Tehran’s spokesman says nothing’s scheduled. Grossi — the one who’d do the actual walking — says it’s happening, firmest he’s sounded yet. The whole deal leans on what you can verify, and verification is the one thing none of them can agree exists. I keep a little checklist taped by the desk: inspector at the gate, report on the wire. Neither’s ticked. Until they are, it’s a line in a memo, not a fact in the world. Pour yourself a short one tonight.
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