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August 03, 2026
Good morning! Today is Monday, August 3rd 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. On the 156th day of the Iran War, President Trump called off weekend airstrikes and claimed a deal had been reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran flatly denied any agreement and dismissed the announcement as a fresh lie. Esfandyar Batmanghelidj reports from a three-hour debate with a leading Iranian analyst that Tehran's policy establishment has concluded no deal with the Trump administration is achievable, pointing to unfulfilled confidence-building measures, a widening…
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