PU 41: The Iran Peace Deal

An analysis of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the US and Iran. What does it mean for the future of world politics and how has it been reported on in the media?Punching Upwards, Episode 41 for 21 June 2026Topics: Politics / War in Iran🦉 No AI Content 📢 Podcast RSS FeedCreditsThanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Vlad A Gouf, Fadi Mansour, Bennet Piater, Eric and Sir Galteran for supporting this podcast financially and therefore making it possible for me to produce it!See Also* Punching Upwards 36: Dire Straits of Hormuz* Punching Upwards 35: The Horror of Computerised War* Punching Upwards 30: Aviation and the War in Iran* Punching Upwards 26: Trump Falls Into the Smart Bomb TrapSources* Early details on U.S.-Iran deal announced by Trump, CBS News, 15 June 2026* Takeaways from Trump news conference on Iran deal, CBS News, 17 June 2026* “Humiliation”: Trump’s Iran deal ignites backlash from Dems AND MAGA over “surrender”, MS NOW, 18 June 2026* Iran’s ballistic missiles not mentioned in agreement but Trump says they ‘have to have some’, NBC News, 17 June 2026* Trump says there are “no limits” to his power after Iran war, Axios, 19 June 2026* Trump says U.S.-Iran deal “complete” after months of negotiations, NBC News, 15 June 2026* Gulf recalibrates as Iran emerges intact from war, Reuters, 15 June 2026* Iran, Israel voice caveats on deal ahead of expected signing ceremony, CBS News, 16 June 2026* US, Iran sign preliminary Hormuz deal ahead of formal ceremony, South China Morning Post, 16 June 2026* Trump and Iran reach tentative deal to end war, reopen Hormuz, NBC News, 15 June 2026* Donald Trump’s 12-point peace plan with Iran unveiled - including no concrete nuclear promise, The Mirror, 17 June 2026* What do we know about the US-Iran peace deal – and what questions remain?, The Guardian, 15 June 2026* What’s in – and what’s not in – the US-Iran peace deal, The Guardian, 15 June 2026* Read the 14-point memorandum of understanding be