Vice President J.D. Vance confirmed that 21 hours of direct negotiations in Islamabad ended in total failure as US demands for nuclear capitulation collided with Iranian requirements for war reparations and control over the Strait of Hormuz.

The episode also covers a $4.7 billion Pentagon order for Patriot missile production and Pope Leo IV's public denouncement of the conflict during a Vatican vigil.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep118

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