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September 7th, 2026: Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at U.S. Warships & & Trump Envoys Meet Putin · The President's Daily Brief

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It's Monday,
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the 7th of September,
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and welcome to the President's Daily Brief.
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I'm Mike Baker,
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your eyes and ears on the world stage.
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All right,
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let's get briefed.
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First up,
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just in case you thought the war with Iran was over,
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well,
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no,
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it's not.
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The Iranian regime fired ballistic missiles at two US warships,
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and the US responded by taking out three Iranian oil tankers.
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It may not be full-on,
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all-out kinetic action.
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But the missiles and drones are still flying,
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and the regime is showing no indication that
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it's looking to compromise or make concessions.
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Later in the show,
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President Trump's envoys are making another push to end the war in Ukraine,
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traveling to Kiev
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after a meeting with Vladimir Putin.
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And back in the Middle East,
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Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthis are trying to capture territory
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near a strategic Red Sea Strait.
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Wherever he may be,
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but first,
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today's PDB spotlight.
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This weekend marked a major escalation in the war between the US and Iran,
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with Tehran firing ballistic missiles at two American warships,
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including an aircraft carrier,
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and Washington responding with attacks on three Iranian oil tankers.
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The confrontation began Saturday when Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps,
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the IRGC,
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launched multiple ballistic missiles toward a US aircraft carrier and
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an American guided missile destroyer operating in the region.
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Now Iran claims those missiles struck both ships and forced them to retreat.
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The US military says
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that's false.
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According to Central Command,
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both American vessels successfully evaded the incoming missiles,
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and no US personnel were injured.
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The regime targeted two of the most valuable assets in the US Navy,
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including
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the aircraft carrier carrying thousands of American military personnel.
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Washington responded within hours.
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Central Command announced attacks against three Iranian crude oil carriers
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that it says were part of the shadow fleet
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used to finance the IRGC and its proxy forces.
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Two of the tankers,
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the Downey and the Stark One,
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were permanently disabled.
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A third vessel,
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the Kylo,
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also known as the Noxon,
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was destroyed in the Gulf of Oman after its crew was ordered to abandon ship.
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CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper warned that US forces
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remain capable of destroying more of Iran's exposed oil fleet
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if Tehran continues targeting American forces.
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Now one of the strikes also took place near Karga Island.
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That's the center of Iran's oil export infrastructure
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and a location that's repeatedly surfaced as
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a potential target throughout the war.
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Before the start of this conflict earlier this year,
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roughly 90% of Iran's crude exports
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moved through Karg Island.
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The Trump administration has so far stopped short of launching the kind of
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large scale attack that could shut the island down entirely.
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But the US military strike against an Iranian tanker operating nearby
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brings the fighting another step closer to the economic heart of the regime.
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Iran responded by threatening to widen the maritime confrontation.
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The Revolutionary Guard claimed it attacked several additional oil tankers,
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including vessels traveling through routes
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that the regime considers unauthorized.
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Those claims have not been independently confirmed.
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But Iran's warning to commercial shipping was clear
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vessels using transit routes supported by the US
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could become targets.
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That threat fits into a struggle that's obviously been underway for months.
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Washington is
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trying to keep the Strait of Hormuz open to international shipping
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while restricting Iran's ability to export its own oil.
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Tehran is trying to prove that the US
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can't protect commercial traffic through the Strait
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while strangling Iran's economy at the same time.
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But what changed this weekend is how far both sides
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now appear willing to go in that fight.
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Iran is no longer limiting its attacks to commercial vessels
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or attempting to harass American forces around the margins.
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It fired ballistic missiles directly at US warships.
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The US responded now with another isolated tanker strike,
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but by attacking 3 Iranian vessels in a single operation
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and publicly threatening the rest of Tehran's oil fleet.
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And the confrontation continued on Sunday.
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Iran claimed its forces
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struck an unmanned American military vessel attempting
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to enter an area of the strait
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that Tehran considers restricted.
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The US military rejected that account,
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calling the Iranian claim false.
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Iranian leaders,
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however,
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are promising that the next response will be even more severe.
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Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bakr Ghaliba
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declared that the rules of the conflict have changed
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and warned that future attacks against Iranian interests
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will bring what he described as a faster,
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heavier,
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and more painful response.
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Now all of this comes as Iran faces mounting economic pressure.
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That's something we've been tracking closely here on the PDB.
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Oil exports remain constrained.
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Inflation and unemployment are causing growing problems domestically.
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And Iranian officials have created what
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they're now calling an economic war headquarters
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to deal with the economic effects of the conflict.
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At the same time,
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the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz
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continues to push costs higher
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far beyond Iran.
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Oil prices climbed sharply last week with Brent crude
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finishing Friday above $96 a barrel,
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while US diesel prices have reached record levels,
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and much of this weekend's escalation occurred while global markets were closed.
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So when trading resumes,
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we may get another indication of just how seriously markets view
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the risk of an even wider confrontation in the Strait.
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All right.
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Coming up next,
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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner pursue a
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Ukrainian peace deal after talks with Putin
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and Iranian-backed Houthi fighters push toward a strategic Red Sea chokepoint,
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looking to claim more territory
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from the Saudi-backed government troops.
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I'll be right back.
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The Trump administration is making another push at ending the war in Ukraine
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after spending 3 hours behind closed doors
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with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
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Administration envoys traveled to Kiev for talks with President Zelensky.
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The president's son-in-law Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff on Sunday
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sat down with Zelensky and other senior Ukrainian officials,
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marking their first negotiating visit to the Ukrainian capital.
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It's the first visit
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in over 4 years.
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Both men have made several trips to Moscow as part of US peace efforts,
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but until now
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neither had made that same trip to Kiev
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as an American negotiator.
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Trump suggested Friday that the US has a fresh proposal for ending the war,
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telling Reuters in the Oval Office,
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quote,
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We have an idea for peace.
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Of course Trump did not elaborate on what that proposal actually contains,
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so we don't know what's new about it or
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what Washington is now asking either side to accept.
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Previous American efforts have focused on bridging the divide over territory
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and Ukraine's long-term security,
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including discussions of a ceasefire,
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security guarantees for Kiev,
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and possible arrangements for disputed territory in the Donbass.
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Whether Trump's new proposal changes any of that remains unclear at this point.
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Ahead of their Sunday arrival,
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Zelensky met with his negotiating team and said
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Ukraine had drawn up proposals of its own.
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He did not publicly spell out the full contents of those proposals
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in a post on social media.
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He wrote,
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quote,
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Security guarantees are needed.
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A dignified post-war peace is needed.
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Our proposals have been drawn up.
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Zelensky believes Washington will be critical to any eventual agreement,
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and he's said there is now a window of opportunity
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to make peace before the US begins turning its attention
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toward the next presidential election.
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The first round of talks lasted about 3 hours.
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Witkoff emerged sounding encouraged,
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describing the discussions as
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substantive
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and important,
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with additional talks involving European representatives planned for
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later in the day.
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But holding talks is one thing.
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Finding an agreement that both sides will actually accept is another.
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Yes,
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thank you.
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That is quite the statement of the obvious.
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Nowhere is that divide clearer than in the Donbass.
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Russia is demanding that Ukraine withdraw from a heavily fortified
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belt of towns that it still controls in the east.
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Putin has spent 4 years plus not backing off from his maximalist demands,
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and the Donbass is one of his key demands.
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Kiev has refused,
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arguing that its military can continue defending those positions.
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And that giving them up would hand Moscow territory
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that Russian forces have so far been unable to capture on the battlefield.
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But for Ukraine this isn't only
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about territory.
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That's where those security guarantees Zelensky mentioned become so important.
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Kiev wants firm commitments from the US and Europe
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designed to deter Russia from regrouping and invading again sometime later.
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Now let's go back to Saturday because what
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Kushner and Witkoff heard from Putin in Moscow
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helps explain why finding that middle ground remains so difficult.
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The two envoys spent more than 3 hours
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behind closed doors with the Russian president.
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The Kremlin called those talks
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highly useful,
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while the White House described them as substantive.
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There's that word again.
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But neither side announced a breakthrough.
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According to Kremlin aide Yuri Ushkov.
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The Americans presented Putin with a number of
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ideas regarding possible avenues for a settlement.
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Ushakov did not disclose
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what those ideas were.
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Putin meanwhile used the meeting to reiterate Russia's long-standing position.
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The Kremlin reports that he told Trump's envoys that Russian forces are making
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real progress,
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really,
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on the battlefield
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and remain confident they can achieve Moscow's objectives.
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He also insisted
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that any peace agreement address what Russia calls
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all the root causes of the conflict.
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Well,
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the top root cause would be Putin invaded Ukraine,
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language Moscow has repeatedly used since Putin
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launched the full-scale invasion back in 2022.
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Now the front lines remain largely static
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even as both Russia and Ukraine
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have intensified their long-range strikes in recent weeks.
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Still,
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Putin appears to believe
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that time is on his side.
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A person close to the Kremlin told Reuters that Putin
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remains intent on capturing the rest of the Donetsk region
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still held by Ukraine
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and believes,
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based on reports from his commanders,
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that Russian forces can accomplish that by the end of the year.
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Of course,
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his commanders also told Putin four years ago.
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That this invasion would be over in a matter of weeks.
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And despite the Kremlin describing Saturday's talks as useful,
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there is still no indication that Putin has abandoned his demands
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that have derailed previous attempts at diplomacy.
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Still,
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Putin had some praise for this latest push from Washington,
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saying
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Trump
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does not stop his efforts
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to help bring about a settlement.
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Turning now to Yemen,
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where the Iran-backed Houthis are making a dangerous new push
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toward the Red Sea and the territory they're fighting for
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could spell trouble for global shipping.
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Well,
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more trouble for global shipping.
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More than 60 people were killed Saturday as the
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Houthis battled forces aligned
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with Yemen's internationally recognized government
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in some of the deadliest ground fighting the country has seen in years.
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For some background,
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the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government have been at war since
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2014.
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When the Iran-backed rebels seized the capital Sana'a,
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prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene in an
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effort to restore the internationally recognized government,
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a fragile peace had largely held since a truce was reached back in 2022,
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with the Houthis using that period
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to entrench their control over northern Yemen.
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Some of you may even remember our coverage of when that ceasefire collapsed in July,
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but even then
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the renewed fighting was mostly confined to missiles and drones.
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Now major ground battles have returned.
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The fiercest fighting is taking place around western Taiz in southwestern Yemen,
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where government officials
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say the Houthis have already captured new positions.
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One Yemeni military officer warned that what unfolds now will be decisive.
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But it's where the Houthis appear to be headed next
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that makes this particularly important.
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An officer with Yemen's government forces believes
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the militia's moves around Taiz are part of an effort
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to reach the port city of Mokha.
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Now another security official who spoke with The New York Times
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says Houthi forces are already trying to cut supply lines.
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Ra leading to MoCA in preparation for a possible push,
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MoCA is currently controlled by
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a commander allied with Yemen's internationally recognized government.
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More importantly,
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it sits less than 50 miles
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from the Babel Modeb Strait.
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That's the narrow waterway connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden
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and the wider Indian Ocean.
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If the Houthis can gain territory around Moka,
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it could become much easier for the militia to threaten and attack
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ships entering and leaving the Red Sea through that choke point.
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The Houthis,
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for their part,
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are trying to downplay what's happening.
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A Ye Houthi political official described the fighting as
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nothing more than skirmishes and clashes,
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insisting the group is focused on confronting Saudi Arabia
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rather than expanding its fight against Yemen's government.
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But what's happening on the ground suggests something considerably more serious.
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Saudi Arabia has now intervened directly from the air,
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with Yemeni military officials saying Saudi
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forces launched 3 air strikes against positions
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recently captured by the Houthis in Taiz.
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This is also where the fighting inside Yemen begins to connect
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to the much bigger story unfolding in the Red Sea.
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In July,
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the Houthis declared a blockade of
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Saudi oil tankers traveling through the waterway
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and began launching missiles and drones
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against passing ships and Saudi facilities.
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That threat matters even more right now because
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Saudi Arabia is already facing serious problems
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along its other major oil export routes.
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That of course would be the Strait of Hormuz.
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That's forced the Saudis,
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the world's largest oil exporting country,
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to rely more on the Red Sea for its exports.
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So you ask,
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why are the Houthis making this push now?
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Well,
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Iran is certainly part of the calculation,
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but the militia also has its own interests.
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The Houthis are trying to consolidate more territory inside Yemen,
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strengthen their position after years of political stalemate,
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and secure access to the country's oil resources.
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The Houthis insist their attacks are preemptive,
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accusing Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government
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of amassing forces for their own ground offensive.
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Whatever their motivation,
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the battlefield is now moving closer to a maritime choke point
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that's become increasingly important to the global economy.
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Alright.
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Coming up in the back of the brief,
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two luxury London penthouses linked to Iran's Supreme Leader are up for sale
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after sanctions
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hit their registered owner.
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I wonder if the furniture conveys
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more on that
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when we come back.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Mostaba Khamenei still remains out of sight,
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but his alleged overseas wealth does not.
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It's somewhat visible.
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Two luxury penthouses linked to his financial network have hit the market
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in one of London's wealthiest neighborhoods.
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Wow,
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how about that?
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The apartments are at 3A Palace Green.
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That is a nice area,
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an exclusive development overlooking Kensington Palace
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and in the shadows of the official London
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residence of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
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Oh hello.
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Together they were purchased for nearly $50 million.
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That's right.
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That's a hefty price tag
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even for a Supreme Leader or a son of a Supreme Leader
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with the ability to pilfer untold millions meant for the Iranian people.
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But here's the interesting part,
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aside from that steep price tag.
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You won't find Khamenei's name on the paperwork for either one,
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so
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you say to yourself,
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how are they connected
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to Iran's new Supreme Leader?
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Well,
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both penthouses are registered in the name of an Iranian banker
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named Ali Ansari.
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Now Ansari isn't just some wealthy Iranian who happened to
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buy a couple of very expensive apartments.
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According to the US Treasury Department,
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he's a key financier
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for the Supreme Leader,
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who previously,
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of course,
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was the son of a Supreme Leader.
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Washington sanctioned Ansari in July,
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accusing him of overseeing what it called a
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sprawling global network of assets.
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The US government isn't alleging Khamenei simply wanted
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a couple of nice vacation apartments in London,
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although that is a nice idea.
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Treasury says Ansari was diverting the country's money
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into an enormous overseas portfolio of real estate and commercial holdings
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to enrich himself,
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Khamenei's inner circle,
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and the IRGC.
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I know.
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Who would have guessed?
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Ah,
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I thought they were pure.
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In other words,
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properties like these offered a way to turn
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Iranian money into valuable assets in the West,
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all while keeping Khamenei's name off the paperwork,
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and that helps explain why Washington is going after this network now.
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The Trump administration is trying to cut Khamenei and the
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regime's elite off from the wealth that they've parked overseas.
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When Treasury Secretary Scott Besson sanctioned Ansari in July,
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he said the US intends to quote preserve these assets for the Iranian people.
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Britain has sanctioned Ansari as well.
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London accuses him of
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financing Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps,
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the IRGC.
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His British assets were frozen,
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and he's barred from entering the country.
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Well,
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that seems reasonable.
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Ansari is understood to be denying any wrongdoing.
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Really,
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that's also shocking.
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So that creates an obvious problem if Ansari is
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under sanctions and his British assets are frozen.
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How are two of those properties now being put up for sale?
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A fine question.
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It's not actually that the British government is
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seizing the penthouses and selling them off.
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Ansari reportedly defaulted on the mortgages.
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The private lenders
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that financed the properties then appointed
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receivers to recover what they're owed,
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and the British government
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is believed to have authorized the sales.
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So
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at the end of the day,
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look at that.
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The West may be the great Satan
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according to the mullahs and the leadership of the Iranian regime,
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but that didn't keep the Supreme Leader and other elites
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from investing in some of Satan's poshest real estate.
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And that my friends,
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is the president's Daily Brief for Monday,
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the 7th of September.
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