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August 21st, 2026: Iran’s Regime Is Preparing to Crush Another Uprising & Russia’s Deadly Kyiv Barrage
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Iran’s leaders fear another popular uprising, and the return of Hossein Taeb—the notorious “Suppression Sheikh”—reveals how Tehran intends to expand surveillance and prevent another revolt. Russia pounds Kyiv with drones and cruise missiles, killing at least 16 people as Ukraine’s shortage of air-defense interceptors becomes increasingly lethal. Romanian F-16s destroy an explosive Russian sea drone after it reaches one of Europe’s most important new gas projects in the Black Sea. In today’s Back of the Brief, suspicious prediction-market bets…
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