Iran vs USA, the big trade! In depth analysis by Muhajiir

Iran vs USA the big trade

Summary: Iran wanted to get rid of general Soleimani and Trump wants out of Middle east (Iraq) their interests coincided. So they made a deal, US Kills Soleimani and US starts to pull out troops. Win-Win

That is the summary but for those wanting an in depth explanation, keep reading.

Irans leader is old and fragile. The one that was being prepared to take over was Mullah Rafsanjani, the rich Mullah that have been loyal to Khomeini ideology since day one and had big influence in Tehran and the Mullahs.
I write had, because he died Januari 2017.

So now there is no clear successor to the Supreme leader and many Mullahs is jockeying for the position. Problem is many people in Iran have started to have large protest against the Islamic regime and specifically the Mullahs.

General Soleimani was a loyal Khomeinist and the Mullahs saw him as a hero but he was also respected by the people, even those against the islamic regime. Soleimani was military general and seen as a patriotic figure and not religious mullah.

So in case Khamanei the Iranian supreme leader died the Mullahs was afraid people would take the chance and protest in even larger numbers resisting a new mullah as supreme leader . And with no clear successor the military would intervene and install a compromise candidate. The only candidate acceptable to the religious fanatics and anti-religious population would be...General Soleimani.

So the Mullahs that wants power in the hands of the religious elite and not to one outside the clerical sphere, wanted Soleimani dead.

Trump was elected on the premise he was anti-war and one of his core promises was taking US troops out of "endless wars" in the middle east.
Problem is doing so would make America look weak and endanger its reputation as loyal to its allies.
Trump is nearing an election without keeping many of his promises, like building the wall with Mexican money, lock up Hillary and the swamp in prison or pulling home US troops from Middle east.
What is a good excuse to bring toops home? If the country hosting the troops asks them to leave, of course.

So here we have Iran that wants Soleimani dead and US troops out.
And we have US president that wants US troops out and a terrorist enabler dead.

Iran gets the General threatening the Mullahs position and instead gets US out of Iraq and total control of Iraq.

US gets to kill a global terrorist enabler that have made life hard for US forces and it gets to take home its troops as it wants without looking weak, as killing Soleimani was a big power move.

Interests coincided and a trade was made.

Proof for what I'm saying?

1. Soleimani is a hard man to track and only deep Iran regime insiders would know his exact location at any given moment.

2. Taking him out was a very risky move if not preplanned by both parties.

3. Irans weak response

4. The letter that by "mistake" leaked about US US troops leaving iraq

5. Iran militias ordered not to hit back, no Hamas, no Hizbollah no Hashd have fired a single shot.

6. Embassy attack with hundreds of "protestors" attacking, that was excuse for killing Soleimani, was staged as no human alive can enter Green zone in Iraq without approval of Iraqi and US forces.

This is an analysis by a person that have followed middle east politics and conflicts daily for 25 years and knows their culture and mentality.