Paris Peace Accords and US-Iran Memorandum: A Comparative Analysis (warontherocks.com)

• Both the Paris Accords and the Iran memo are ceasefires deferring core issues
• Nixon made secret promises that were later broken; Trump's credibility is low
• Israel excluded from negotiations, akin to South Vietnam in 1973

"Pierre Asselin compares the 1973 Paris Peace Accords, which ended US involvement in the Vietnam War, with the June 2026 US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding. Both are ceasefire agreements that defer core issues to later talks. The author argues the Iran deal suffers from similar flaws: lack of enforcement, secret promises, and exclusion of key allies (Israel), undermining its chances for lasting peace."