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All The Ways The US Lost The War To Iran (S01E89)
Monday, June 15, 2026 Istanbul
A memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran has been agreed to, with a signing ceremony in Geneva expected on Friday.
A lot could happen in the next few days, to derail or delay the finalization of the deal, supposedly extending the ongoing “truce” by 60 days while opening up the Persian Gulf to commercial traffic.
More could happen in the coming two months.
But regardless, the Trump administration appears to have come to terms with the very discomfiting reality that it has lost the war. Not only have none of the main aims of the war been achieved…
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