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Geopolitics with Ghost Ep. 115: Deal Signed, Vance Unloads & Israel Advances Anyway - 6/19/26

Ghost opens episode 115 on the day the Iran deal is officially ratified at Versailles, the Strait of Hormuz is declared open, and CENTCOM lifts the naval blockade entirely. But within hours, Israeli armor columns push north of the Litani River toward Nabatia, four IDF soldiers are killed including a battalion chief, and Iran cancels JD Vance's Geneva meeting in protest. Ghost walks through who actually signed the MOU for Iran (the head of parliament, not the Ayatollah, president, or foreign minister) and why that matters. The centerpiece of the episode is JD Vance's White House podium press…

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