PU 45: The Iran Peace Deal is Over

A USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from an airbase in the Middle East in support of combat operations in the Iran War (Tech. Sgt. Noah J. Tancer / US Air Force)

Why did the memorandum of understanding and the ceasefire in the conflict between the United States and Iran fail? And why and how is the war escalating again?

Punching Upwards, Episode 45 for 19 July 2026

Topics: Politics / War in Iran

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Credits

Thanks 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

• PU 41: The Iran Peace Deal

• PU 36: Dire Straits of Hormuz

• PU 35: The Horror of Computerised War

• PU 30: Aviation and the War in Iran

• PU 26: Trump Falls Into the Smart Bomb Trap

Sources

1. US-Iran ceasefire is “over”, US President Donald Trump says, BBC News, 8 July 2026

2. Iran targets military bases as US launches wave of strikes, BBC News, 16 July 2026

3. 13 US troops injured in Iran war this week, LiveNow from FOX, 18 July 2026

4. The Joe Rogan Experience #2526 – J.D. Vance, 15 July 2026

5. Crash: K2 Cargo B734 over Arabian Sea on Jul 7th 2026, navigation problems, then lost 35000 feet and impacted sea, The Aviation Herald, 7 July 2026

6. K2 Airways Cargo 737 crashes into Arabian Sea, Flightradar 24, 8 July 2026

7. Breaking News! Airplane Disappears Outside Pakistan, Mentour Pilot, 8 July 2026

8. Aircraft Accident Investigation Report: Boeing 737-4Q8, PK-KKW, Makassar Strait, Sulawesi, 1 January 2007, National Transportation Safety Committee, Ministry of Transportation, Republic of Indonesia, 2008

9. Investigation Report on the Accident to Ethiopian 409 – Boeing 737-800, Registration ET-ANB at Beirut, Lebanon on 25th January 2010, Ministry of Public Works & Transport, Republic of Lebanon, 17 January 2012

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