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August 24th, 2026 - Iran’s Regime Is Starting to Crack From Within & Piracy Rises In the Gulf of Aden
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: A public split erupts inside Iran’s government as senior politicians call for an end to the war while security hardliners threaten to escalate the conflict. Somali pirates seize a suspected Iranian shadow-fleet tanker in the region’s second hijacking in four days, marking the largest surge in piracy there in more than a decade. Russia allegedly uses a notorious “double-tap” attack against a Ukrainian shopping center, killing civilians before striking again as rescuers arrive. In today’s Back of the Brief, Iranian hackers may be opening another…
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