# Iran War Runner — Timeline, Dual Track, and Current State

**As of:** 22 June 2026  
**Status:** Living runner. Primary sources: U.S. White House, State Department, CENTCOM, Trump direct statements; **Islamabad MOU** (Jun 17, 2026); cross-checked against ISW/CRS where noted.

**Site stance (nuclear / DU):** **Half-hoax** — Hollywood flash-for-miles myth vs real **depleted uranium** harm / latency. Not “nukes don’t exist.” Author correction (2026-07-19) and read order: [science/nukes hub](/science/nukes/page.md) · [half-hoax dossier](/science/nukes/investigations/nukes-dont-exist-investigation.md) · [CIA fatwa/DU](/governance/war/investigations/cia-investigation.md#authors-opinion-fatwa-depleted-uranium-and-the-real-iranian-nuclear-threat) · [Islamabad DU blind spot](/governance/war/islamabad-peace-deal-the-war-nobody-cares-about-2026.md).

![Iran war runner — timeline, dual track, and regional map read](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/investigations/iran-2026-war-runner.png)

![Iran war runner — theater map (Hormuz, Gulf, and adjacent land)](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/investigations/iran-2026-war-runner-map.png)

![Iran war runner — Strait of Hormuz detail (theater map)](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/investigations/iran-2026-war-runner-map-hormuz.png)

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## When this war starts (editorial call)

**Runner start date: 28 February 2026** — the opening of **Operation Epic Fury**.

That is the day the conflict became what the public is still living through in May 2026: U.S.–Israel combined decapitation, full-spectrum strikes on missiles/navy/C2, regional retaliation across the Gulf, Lebanon re-entry, Hormuz as an economic weapon, and the negotiation endgame Trump is running now.

**Earlier phases belong in the backstory, not the chapter heading:**

| Phase | Dates | Role in this runner |
|-------|--------|---------------------|
| Proxy → direct exchange | Apr & Oct 2024 | Prelude: proof Iran would strike Israel openly |
| Twelve-Day War | 13–24 Jun 2025 | **Phase 0:** nuclear sites hit (Midnight Hammer), missile industrial base degraded, ceasefire that never stabilized |
| Failed diplomacy | Jul 2025 – 27 Feb 2026 | Pause with all parties still planning next round (State Dept legal memo, Apr 2026) |
| **Epic Fury** | **28 Feb 2026 → present** | **Chapter 1** — the modern war |

The [State Department](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-legal-adviser/2026/04/operation-epic-fury-and-international-law) frames February as **resumption** of an international armed conflict ongoing since at least June 2025. That is legally useful and rhetorically true. For **this runner**, February 2026 is still the right **public** start: it is when Khamenei was killed, the school strike landed, Hormuz closed, and the world split into pro-Western and anti-Western camps over whether America “accomplished anything.”

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## Executive snapshot — 22 June 2026 (post–Islamabad MOU)

- **Jun 17, 2026 — [Islamabad Memorandum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_Memorandum) signed:** Trump and Pezeshkian sign **14-point MOU** — immediate/permanent **termination of military operations** on all fronts (incl. Lebanon); **60-day** window (extendable) for **final peace treaty** + **UNSC** endorsement; Hormuz reopening framework; U.S. sanctions easing and **naval blockade** lift schedule ([NBC](https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/strait-hormuz-reopen-us-lift-iran-sanctions-14-point-deal-seeking-end-rcna350513), [AP MOU text](https://apnews.com/article/mou-transcript-iran-us-war-8576fbe2be1309977e903463fbf57ee6), [CNN text](https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/17/middleeast/us-iran-war-mou-text-intl)).
- **Not final peace:** Technical talks on nuclear stockpile, Hormuz administration, Lebanon, and frozen assets **ongoing**; Trump warned U.S. may **resume bombing** if dissatisfied.
- **Repairable precedent (author read):** Even if this round **stalls or fails**, MOU sets a **reattemptable** framework — see [LLM investigation §2.4](https://paradigmthreat.net/science/ai/llm-history-governance-theater-investigation.md) for author **WWII-scale** read and downstream AI/governance consequences.
- **Prior phase (Feb–May):** Heavy air campaign largely paused after **7 Apr** ceasefire; Hormuz mines/blockade, Lebanon, HEU custody remained live until MOU.

### Prior snapshot — 14 May 2026 (~Day 75)

- **Heavy air campaign:** Largely paused after the **7 April** two-week U.S.–Iran ceasefire; not the same as peace.
- **What continues:** Hormuz (mines, blockade, *Project Freedom* escorts, tanker seizures), sporadic U.S. strikes (e.g. **7 May** Bandar Abbas / Qeshm), Israel–Hezbollah/Lebanon fighting, deadlocked nuclear talks after Trump rejected Iran’s counterproposal (**~11 May**).
- **Trump’s position:** Ceasefire on **“massive life support”**; still claims deal path open; threatens return to bombing.
- **Assessment aligned with this project:** **Military objectives against Iran’s conventional threat are largely accomplished.** Remaining problems are **Hormuz mines**, **HEU custody**, and **negotiating away enrichment latency** — not Iranian missile salvos at Israeli cities at June 2025 volume.

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## Timeline — major beats (Feb 2026 forward)

### 28 February 2026 — Day 1

- Trump orders **Operation Epic Fury** (~20:38 UTC 27 Feb order; strikes ~06:35 UTC 28 Feb).
- **U.S. objectives** (State / White House / Hegseth): destroy offensive missiles, missile production, navy and security infrastructure; ensure Iran **“will never have nuclear weapons.”**
- **Israel:** Decapitation strike kills **Ali Khamenei**; largest IAF sortie in history (~200 jets).
- **Iran:** Retaliatory missiles/drones at Israel, U.S. bases (Bahrain 5th Fleet, Al Udeid, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia), plus Gulf civilian infrastructure.
- **Minab school strike** (~180 reported dead, mostly girls): U.S. and Israel **deny**. See [school / counter-narrative](#minab-school-counter-narrative) below.

### 1–10 March — Regional expansion

- **Lebanon:** Hezbollah enters; IDF invasion authorized; Bekaa/Dahieh strikes.
- **Iran:** Mojtaba Khamenei installed; Larijani interim then killed; internal security HQ (Thar-Allah, SNSC, IRIB) struck.
- **U.S. Navy:** Multiple Iranian ships/submarine sunk; Hormuz commercial traffic stalls.
- **Gulf:** Qatar LNG hit; UAE refineries/AWS; French/UK casualties in Iraq; Cyprus/Akrotiri targeted.

### Mid-March — Attrition logic

- IDF claims **300+ launchers** destroyed; strikes on oil/gas, Natanz (again), space facilities, Caspian smuggling route.
- Iran still fires but at **degrading volume**; cluster munitions leak through in places (Beit Shemesh, Kiryat Ata, Tel Aviv periphery).
- Trump **postpones** power-plant strikes (**23 Mar**) citing “productive” talks — not rogue escalation.

### Late March — Negotiation pressure

- Pezeshkian–Vahidi rift: president warns economy collapses in **3–4 weeks** without ceasefire; criticizes Gulf strikes.
- Trump Truth Social: Iran **“essentially decimated”**; threatens Kharg/electric/desal if no deal.
- **F-15E downed** over Iran (**3 Apr**); crew recovered — Iranian propaganda win, U.S. operational competence still demonstrated in rescue.

### 7–8 April — Ceasefire and deliberate dual track

- Trump agrees **two-week ceasefire** for Hormuz reopening; Pakistan broker announces pause **“everywhere, including Lebanon.”**
- **Same day / next:** Netanyahu states **Lebanon excluded**; Israel launches **largest Lebanon wave** (~254 killed); Pezeshkian says ceasefire **broken** (Lavan/Sirri islands).
- Trump/Vance: **“legitimate misunderstanding”** on Lebanon — read here as **dual track**, not incompetence (see below).

### April–May — War by other means

- Failed Islamabad talks (**12 Apr**); U.S. **naval blockade** declared; mine clearance vs Iranian transit fees.
- Tanker seizures (*Touska*, others); Hormuz skirmishes (**4–7 May**); *Project Freedom* escorts announced then **paused 6 May** for talks; **7 May U.S. strikes** on Bandar Abbas/Qeshm after clash.
- **~11 May:** Trump rejects Iran counterproposal — **“TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE”**; Brent ~$104 (reporting).

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## Israel ↔ Iran — targets and outcomes

### Israel + U.S. → Iran

| Target class | Intent | Outcome (pro-Western read) |
|--------------|--------|----------------------------|
| Leadership / C2 | Decapitate, disorient | Khamenei, Larijani, multiple intel/IRGC chiefs killed; regime **survives** under IRGC succession |
| Missile industrial base | Stop salvos | Launch sites/factories struck **repeatedly**; salvo size fell over time; Netanyahu (**day 19**): Iran **cannot enrich or build missiles** at prior scale |
| Navy | Remove Hormuz denial by surface fleet | Corvettes, sub, **19+ ships** (CENTCOM); **asymmetric** boats/mines remain |
| Nuclear latency | Prevent weaponization | Fordow/Natanz/Isfahan hit in **2025**; 2026 strikes on R&D, IR-40 reactor **non-operational** (IAEA); **HEU stockpiles** — exposure for **forced custody** |
| Internal security | Prevent crackdown on unrest | LEC/Basij HQ damaged; regime rebuilding checkpoints (ISW May 11) |

### Iran → Israel

| Target class | Intent | Outcome |
|--------------|--------|---------|
| Civilian / urban Israel | Terror, morale | **Limited fatalities** vs missile count; Iron Dome/Arrow strain but **no strategic halt** to U.S.–Israel campaign |
| Military / energy | Haifa refinery, bases | Damage real; **did not** stop campaign |
| PR / lawfare | Martyrdom, “war crimes” | **Failed** to flip pro-Western bloc (see [PR loss](#iran-lost-the-pr-war)) |

**Repeating battlefield logic (project interpretation):** Iran fired from **known launch and production locations**; U.S. Navy and Air Force **destroyed those locations** in a cycle until the archipelago of sites was **dismantled**. What is left is not a peer missile threat — it is **mines in Hormuz**, **negotiating leverage**, and **nuclear material somewhere underground**.

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## Deliberate dual track — Trump and Bibi

This runner treats U.S. and Israeli policy as **overlapping but not identical**, often **staged for domestic and international law**:

- **Overlapping goals:** End Iranian nuclear latency; gut missile navy; keep Gulf states in U.S. orbit; prevent Hezbollah rearmament.
- **Friction points:** Lebanon inclusion in ceasefire; timing of strikes during talks; public rhetoric (“misunderstanding” vs “excluded”).
- **Choreography hypothesis:** Public **Bibi–Trump tension** (Lebanon carve-out, 8 Apr strikes) may **serve both sides** — Trump preserves **dealmaker** posture; Netanyahu preserves **northern front** and **never-alone** security doctrine; Congress and Gulf capitals still **default to the U.S.–Israel line**. Post-MOU **cross-faction unhappiness** (hawks, **MTG**-style populist dissent, Iranian nationalist humiliation) fits the same **dual-track** read — see Installment III [*The Peace Deal Nobody Cares About*](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/islamabad-peace-deal-the-war-nobody-cares-about-2026.md) (§ **Why nobody cares**; investigation [§2.2](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/investigations/islamabad-peace-deal-investigation.md)).

Evidence that Congress and both parties **bend to Bibi’s frame** when he visits is not controversial in this project — it is the **ambient power environment** in which Epic Fury was sold. Recent friction in Congress does not erase **decades** of that alignment.

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## Nuclear monopoly thesis

**Plain version everyone in the room already believes but rarely says in one sentence:**

The West tolerates **one nuclear-armed state** in the Levant whose legitimacy is wrapped in the **Judeo-Christian civilizational story** — Israel, undeclared but universally understood. It does **not** tolerate an **Islamic Republic** with the same capability, especially one tied to **“death to Israel”** state ideology, **Axis of Resistance** logistics, and a **CIA-adjacent history** (1953, contra flows, proxy chains) that makes planners assume **instability is the default**.

**South Asia precedent:** Pakistan and India already showed how **religious-national nuclear dyads** escalate. Adding **Shia Iran** to **Sunni Pakistan**, **India**, and **Israel** was decided long ago to be **unacceptable** — not because every analyst agreed on imminence, but because **leaders Trump and Bibi** (and the coalition behind them) treat **latency itself** as the threat.

Official articulation: State Dept Apr 2026 legal memo — cannot wait until a hostile actor has a **warhead-tipped missile ready to launch**; decades of threats + ballistic delivery + covert program justify **disabling action**.

**Negotiation confirms the thesis:** Iran has been willing to discuss **sanctions, assets, reparations, Hormuz, Lebanon, blockade** — while **enrichment / nuclear “rights”** stay **non-negotiable** (Atomic Energy Org Iran, **11 May 2026**). The West’s red line is not “be nice”; it is **no second religious-nuclear power** in the theater.

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## Minab school — counter-narrative

Linked investigation: [Iran 2026 propaganda thesis — Minab school counter-narrative](https://paradigmthreat.net/events/false_flag/investigations/iran-2026-propaganda-thesis.md).

**Project position:**

- It does **not** matter whether the trigger was **Iranian**, **Israeli**, **U.S. military**, or **CIA-shaped bureaucracy** inside the strike chain. U.S. history has **friendly fire, wrong coordinates, and murky agency influence** on targeting — deliberate sabotage for narrative effect is **not without precedent**.
- What matters: was destruction of the school **pre-planned as a counter-narrative** timed to **Day 1** of Epic Fury — so that **whoever** the world blames, **martyrdom footage** exists the moment the war begins?

**Why it failed as world-flip:** Pro-Western publics and governments **did not** treat Minab as dispositive. Iran’s **own missile campaign** against neighbors and Israel **burned the victim card** (see below). Denials by U.S./Israel are **structurally weak**; **Iran’s behavior afterward** was weaker still.

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## Iran lost the PR war

**Counterfactual that would have worked:** Play **diplomatic victim** only — condemn, appeal to UN, refuse regional escalation, **do not** launch at Dubai, Bahrain, Al Udeid, or Tel Aviv apartment blocks.

**What Iran did instead:** Full **dual-face** strategy — peace language to negotiators; **missiles, drones, mines, and blockade** in the field; **ceasefire and truce violations** (Lavan/Sirri, Lebanon, Hormuz fees, “you might hit a mine we didn’t know about”); **accusation that the other side always lies** while **Tasnim denies** reported nuclear compromises.

**Result:** Lost **physically** (conventional forces degraded), **strategically** (Hormuz alone is not a win), and **narratively** (school outrage **did not** carry the global middle). RT and similar outlets claiming **“nothing accomplished”** describe **their audience’s bubble**, not the **pro-Western half** still following Trump/Bibi on **nuclear threat as main threat**.

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## Current state — accomplishment vs RT / “everybody knows”

### What Trump / U.S. officials claim accomplished

White House (Mar–Apr 2026): **85%+** of Iran’s defense industrial base destroyed; air force **30–100 daily flights → zero**; **150** warship classes hit; subs sunk; **2,000+** strikes on C2; Hormuz to reopen under deal.

### Project assessment — **substantively agree, with caveats**

| Claim | Verdict |
|-------|---------|
| Iranian conventional threat **diminished** | **Yes** — launch infrastructure dismantled in repeating strike cycle |
| Nuclear **exposed** for **forced custody** of HEU | **Plausible main endgame** — Trump **6 May PBS**: HEU **“goes to the United States”**; underground sites frozen |
| War **over** | **No** — mines, talks, Lebanon |
| RT: **nothing accomplished** | **No** — divides world; **pro-West influencers** see **mission largely done**, negotiating tail |
| “Everybody knows” U.S. lost | **False** — **split**, not consensus |

**Remaining threat (honest):** **Hormuz mines** — Iran’s leverage is **withholding safe corridors** and **ambiguous warnings**, not **ballistic saturation**. That is **diplomatic sabotage**, not **military parity**.

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## Casualties — official vs project skepticism

| Source | Iran (civilian/combatant) | U.S. | Israel |
|--------|---------------------------|------|--------|
| NGO / Iranian IRCS / HRANA bands | **700–1,500+** cited in Western media | — | — |
| CFR / U.S. focus | — | **13 KIA** (servicemembers) | — |
| Twelve-Day War (Jun 2025) | ~600+ (Israeli strikes) | — | ~29 |

**Project skepticism on 700–1,500:**

- Epic Fury is **not** a **mass infantry war** — it is **precision strike + air defense + base hardening**.
- Gulf and U.S. bases were **far better protected** than pre-war panic predicted; many “casualty” headlines are **indirect/fire/debris**, not **base overrun**.
- High NGO totals aggregate **unverified** counts across **38+ provinces** with **IRGC-influenced** reporting chains.
- **Does not deny** school strike or residential hits — denies that the war is **primarily a civilian slaughter campaign** at the scale alarmists imply.

Use **U.S. official KIA** and **Israeli Home Front** totals for **Western-facing** casualty ledger; treat **Iranian death bands** as **politically inflated** unless independently forensically verified.

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### 17 June 2026 — Islamabad MOU (initial peace)

| Item | Detail | Tier |
|------|--------|------|
| **Event** | **Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding** — U.S. and Iran end **2026 war** (initial framework) | A — [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_Memorandum) |
| **Signatories** | Trump (Versailles/G7 dinner) and President **Masoud Pezeshkian** (Tehran); prior digital signing reported **15 Jun** (Vance / Ghalibaf) | A — NBC, Wikipedia |
| **Brokers** | Pakistan (primary); Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt | A — Wikipedia |
| **Key terms** | Ceasefire **all fronts** incl. Lebanon; **60-day** final-deal clock; Hormuz traffic; sanctions/assets; nuclear **technical talks** | A — AP, CNN |
| **Fragility** | Trump: may **return to bombing**; Supreme Leader **Mojtaba Khamenei** endorsed MOU **with misgivings** (Wikipedia) | B — press |

**Project read:** Conventional strike campaign **largely banked** before MOU; remaining file is **negotiation** (HEU, Hormuz, Lebanon) not **Iranian missile saturation**. MOU is **hinge** for **war-on-terror sunset** and **trade reopening** arguments in [LLM governance investigation §2.4](https://paradigmthreat.net/science/ai/llm-history-governance-theater-investigation.md).

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## Negotiations — May–June 2026

- **Trump (6 May PBS):** Deal close; HEU to U.S.; underground sites idle; sanctions ease; *Project Freedom* paused.
- **Iran (~10–11 May):** Counterproposal rejected; demands include **reparations, Hormuz sovereignty, sanctions, assets**; **enrichment not negotiable** per Eslami.
- **Trump (11 May):** **“TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE”**; ceasefire **“massive life support.”**
- **Jun 17:** **Islamabad MOU signed** — see timeline §17 June above; **final deal** negotiations **active**.

**Read:** Iran negotiates **everything but nukes** because **nukes are the only sovereignty left**; U.S. negotiates because **conventional war goals are already banked** — MOU **codifies** that asymmetry while **final treaty** remains open.

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## MSM frames to reject

| Frame | Rebuttal |
|-------|----------|
| Trump as **rogue CEO / Homelander** | Documented **ceasefire after objectives**, **paused** escalations for talks, **Congress-notified** legal theory |
| **No plan** | Epic Fury phased objectives; June 2025 **rehearsal** |
| **Iran winning Hormuz** | **Stalemate** — escorts, destroyer transits, seizures **both ways** |
| **Universal knowledge U.S. failed** | **Global split**; pro-West **still on nuclear-threat script** |
| **Israel dragged U.S. into quagmire** | **Dual track** with **shared nuclear-red-line** goal |

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## Open threads

1. **Final peace treaty** — **60-day** MOU clock (from **17 Jun 2026**); UNSC resolution; implementation of paras 1, 4, 5, 10, 11 gating further talks (AP text).
2. **HEU location** — ready for **forced extraction** or already moved?
2. **Mine maps** — will Iran **trade coordinates** for deal, or **ambiguous denial** forever?
3. **Mojtaba succession** — **reasonable regime** Trump tweets about, or **IRGC forever**?
4. **Minab attribution** — forensic proof of **pre-planned narrative** strike?
5. **Lebanon talks (14–15 May Washington)** — separate peace or **spoiler** for U.S.–Iran lane?
6. **China trip** — deal **before** or **bombing resume** after?

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## “Mission Accomplished (again)” — title bridge (Iraq / Libya / Iran)

![WW2 — mission failed vs victory story (title bridge)](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/ww2-mission-failed.png)

**Project author read (not a primary-source verdict):** The flagship essay’s title is **not** only about the **carrier-banner** meme. The rhyme is **George W. Bush’s return to Iraq**: **WMD** and **liberation** as the **public case**, sitting on top of a dissident stack this project tracks—**Western-lane weapons and files** that had to be **removed or denied** before they became leverage, **plus** a **hard-money** shock that would have **broken fiat pretenses** fast enough to threaten **American insolvency** as a political fact. **Libya** is the cleaner **dual-motive** parallel in this collection’s long work: **regime** removal **and** **[gold / African dinar pressure](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/investigations/dubious-stand-down-orders-libya-benghazi-investigation.md#6-libya-under-gaddafi-threat-to-the-west-gold-and-african-currency)** against the **dollarized** order, with the **Hollywood “loot / accounting”** primer in the same file’s [*Three Kings* / 2003 Saddam contrast](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/investigations/dubious-stand-down-orders-libya-benghazi-investigation.md#three-kings-1999-david-o-russell).

**Iran (2026) on this scoreboard reads narrower:** **nukes**—**latency**, **custody**, **red lines**, and the project’s **half-hoax** distinction (**Hollywood flash** oversold; **DU** real)—as the **main** visible engine; **regime change** **conditional** on whether the **Ayatollah** apparatus **bent** on enrichment. When it **refused** to budge, removal became **necessary** alongside the nuclear file—not a charity nation-build from zero. **Fiat backdrop** (collection reader lane): [governance usury — JFK / E.O. 11110](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/usury/d.md). **Institutional Iran pipeline:** [CIA investigation §IV](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/investigations/cia-investigation.md#iv-iran-nukes-shah-ayatollah-and-the-end-game-script). **Reader-facing essay:** [Mission Accomplished (Again): What the Media Will Not Admit About Iran, 2026](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/mission-accomplished-again-iran-2026.md). **Nuclear stance hub:** [science/nukes](https://paradigmthreat.net/science/nukes/).

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## References (primary / official first)

- [Islamabad Memorandum — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_Memorandum) (Jun 17, 2026)
- [NBC: Trump and Pezeshkian sign MOU](https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/strait-hormuz-reopen-us-lift-iran-sanctions-14-point-deal-seeking-end-rcna350513) (Jun 17, 2026)
- [AP: MOU transcript](https://apnews.com/article/mou-transcript-iran-us-war-8576fbe2be1309977e903463fbf57ee6) (Jun 17, 2026)
- [CNN: 14-point MOU text](https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/17/middleeast/us-iran-war-mou-text-intl) (Jun 17, 2026)
- [LLM history investigation §2.4 — MOU + author WWII read](https://paradigmthreat.net/science/ai/llm-history-governance-theater-investigation.md) — downstream AI/governance/Bill of Rights sunset
- [State Dept: Operation Epic Fury and International Law](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-legal-adviser/2026/04/operation-epic-fury-and-international-law) (Apr 2026)
- [White House: Epic Fury launch](https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/peace-through-strength-president-trump-launches-operation-epic-fury-to-crush-iranian-regime-end-nuclear-threat) (1 Mar 2026)
- [CRS IF13032: Israel-Iran, U.S. Strikes, Ceasefire](https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/IF13032.html) (Jun 2025)
- [Trump PBS interview, 6 May 2026](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trump-tells-pbs-news-that-iran-war-has-a-very-good-chance-of-ending)
- [ISW Iran Update, 11 May 2026](https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-special-report-may-11-2026/)
- [Mission Accomplished (Again): What the Media Will Not Admit About Iran, 2026](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/mission-accomplished-again-iran-2026.md) — reader-facing flagship essay (media split, pipeline, coda)
- [The Peace Deal Nobody Cares About — Islamabad MOU installment](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/islamabad-peace-deal-the-war-nobody-cares-about-2026.md) — antibody close, Islam awakening, chessboard (Jun 2026)
- [Islamabad peace deal — investigation dossier](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/investigations/islamabad-peace-deal-investigation.md)
- [Iran 2026 war Q&A — mainstream framing debunks](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/qa/page.md) — thread-sourced Q&A (MOU vs strike ledger, war powers, TDS shortcuts)
- [Dubious stand down — Libya, Benghazi, gold / dinar, *Three Kings* cluster](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/war/investigations/dubious-stand-down-orders-libya-benghazi-investigation.md) — Iraq 2003 / Libya 2011 comparative lane for the “again” title
- [Governance usury — JFK / silver, Treasury vs Fed reader](https://paradigmthreat.net/governance/usury/d.md) — fiat backdrop (collection reader lane)

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