What's REALLY In The U.S.-Iran Deal? & Tren De Aragua Strike
6/15/202629 min
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:
-First up—reports of a U.S.-Iran agreement continue to swirl, but competing versions of the deal are raising major questions about sanctions relief, Iran's nuclear program, the future of the Strait of Hormuz, and whether a broader regional peace is actually within reach.
-Later in the show—European efforts to crack down on Russia's shadow fleet continue as British forces intercept a Russian-linked oil tanker in the English Channel, the latest move aimed at disrupting Moscow's sanctions-evasion netw...
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First 90 secondsMike Baker· Host0:01
[upbeat music] It's Monday, the fifteenth of June. Well, look at that. We are already halfway through the month. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, the US-Iran deal is now official. Well, according to President Trump. As of the time when we put this episode together, there was no official confirmation from the Iranian regime that they've agreed to a deal, and we have seen how that's played out before. But from what we've seen and heard so far, we'll examine some of the reported provisions in this supposed deal and the major questions that remain about sanctions relief, Iran's nuclear program, and other key deal points. Later in the show, European efforts to crack down on Russia's shadow fleet continue as British forces intercept an oil tanker in the English Channel. Plus, President Trump says US forces killed the leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua or TDA gang in a joint operation with Caracas. And in today's back of the brief, one of the possibly strangest intelligence stories of the year, there have been a few, as Beijing warns of foreign intelligence services deploying spy turtles and spy fish to its territorial