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

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

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