Progress, but on Our Terms: Washington’s Vision for Iran’s Future

Progress, but on Our Terms: Washington’s Vision for Iran’s Future

When U.S. officials like J.D. Vance and Donald Trump say:

“We want Iran to prosper,”

what they truly mean is a guided form of progress — one that distances Tehran from Beijing and Moscow, while bringing it closer to the Western economic order.

For Washington, an isolated Iran is a dependent Iran — dependent on Chinese oil purchases and Russian military technology.

By offering “economic progress,” the U.S. hopes to reverse that dependence,
turning Iran from a partner of the East into a manageable actor within a Western-designed framework.

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In practice, it means:

• Oil for global markets, not for China.

• Trade under Western oversight.

• A region less hospitable to Russian and Chinese influence.

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Behind the polite diplomacy lies a familiar pattern:

“Prosperity” becomes leverage — progress, yes, but only within Washington’s script.

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