# 4-2 to Iran: Trump’s peace deal proves the US lost the war

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846/4-2-to-iran-trump-s-peace-deal-proves-the-us-lost-the-war
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846/4-2-to-iran-trump-s-peace-deal-proves-the-us-lost-the-war.md
Podcast: [Iran: The Latest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846)
Published: 2026-06-18T15:25:35+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/battle-lines-israel-gaza/episodes/4-2-to-iran-trumps-peace-deal-proves-the-us-lost-the-war
Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/e/6a33ffc74a187774ac8e2442/media.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/iran-the-latest-6656846/episodes/4-2-to-iran-trump-s-peace-deal-proves-the-us-lost-the-war
Duration seconds: 2353

## Resource

Donald Trump has signed a peace deal with Iran, but his critics are saying it’s a humiliation. Roland Oliphant and David Blair go through the US-Iran deal line by line and give each side a score, from $300bn in payments to Iran to the reopening Strait of Hormuz to a ban on nuclear weapons. Among those critical of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is former vice president Mike Pence, who has called Trump an appeaser and accused him of handing a “lifeline” to the Iranian regime - is he right? Highlights 4-2 to Tehran - the US-Iran peace deal gutted How the MoU proves the US lost the war CONTRIBUTORS: Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant David Blair, chief foreign affairs commentator @davidblairdt CONTENT REFERENCED: How Trump’s ‘Operation Epic Disaster’ turned the world against America https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/06/18/iran-war-trump-us-credibility/ David Blair: Trump’s extraordinary deal is a survival plan for Iran https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/17/iran-deal-survival-plan-for-islamic-republic/ Producer: Peter Shevlin Executive Producers: Venetia Rainey & Louisa Wells ► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor ► EMAIL US: Contact the team on battlelines@telegraph.co.uk ► GET THE LATEST HEADLINES: Find all our latest Iran coverage here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/iran-war/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/iran-the-latest-6656846/episodes/4-2-to-iran-trump-s-peace-deal-proves-the-us-lost-the-war/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/iran-the-latest-6656846/4-2-to-iran-trump-s-peace-deal-proves-the-us-lost-the-war.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.